With the kind of stressful life we lead today, no one really has the time to look at life in a light sense. This can be attributed to the dearth of time coupled with work related tensions. Comedy is that genre of performing arts (or rather art), that can lighten up our day and bring sunshine in our life. Stand up comedy acts give us the opportunity to break away from the mundane shackles of life, and forget about our stresses, albeit for a short period of time.

What is stand up comedy?

There is no official 'founding' year for comedy. Perhaps the oldest someone can relate to it in the modern world today, is from the times of Charlie Chaplin. Comedy is not an education It is just something that individuals have in them. It is a combination of wit, humor and timing. Stand up comedy is a skill, it is an art. Often we hear that making someone laugh is the toughest thing for an individual to do. Although it might seem simple watching someone do it on stage, the innovative and witty content comedians come up with deserves admiration.

What's so different about stand up comedy?

Stand up comedians differ from regular comedians in the aspect that most of their content is actually made up on the spot that is while performing. Normal comic routines involve performing acts that have already been thought of and prepared. These can be viewed on television or in theaters. A good example of such comedy could be the famous Laurel and Hardy sitcom or comedy movies like Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty etc.

Stand up comedians talk and interact more with their audience and fire an arsenal of quick witted humor at them. Although sometimes this might be a little degrading or embarrassing, responses from live audiences indicate that they do not mind it. Rather, they enjoy it. Stand up comedy is considered to be simpler in the aspect that the comedian is under lesser pressure as to whether his already prepared content would be accepted, had he been a regular comic. However, this is a two edged sword, and it also has the major disadvantage that the act is at the hands of the crowd. They could ruin the comic's confidence for life by booing him off, in case they don't like it. Thus, veteran comedians have felt it wise to confirm that stand up comedy is actually the toughest thing to do.

Comedy Today

Stand up comedy is truly in its golden era today. Unprecedented performance pays, sellout crowds, multi platinum DVD sales, all point out to one thing. Comedians have made it big. With talents like Jerry Seinfeld,Ray Romano, George Lopez, Robin Williams, Larry the Cable Guy, Jon Stewart, Lewis Black and Ron White are reasons that, people all over the world have more reasons to laugh. This trend is not just limited to the United States. Stand up comics are gaining worldwide attention with the ever growing reach of television and the Internet.

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