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Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick) or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience directly is called a stand-up comedian.
A popular saying, variously quoted but generally attributed to Ed Wynn, is, "A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny", which draws a distinction between how much of the comedy can be attributed to verbal content and how much to acting and persona.
Since the 1980s, a new wave of comedy, called alternative c ...more
A popular saying, variously quoted but generally attributed to Ed Wynn, is, "A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny", which draws a distinction between how much of the comedy can be attributed to verbal content and how much to acting and persona.
Since the 1980s, a new wave of comedy, called alternative c ...more
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She seemed to feed on their laughter, and they on her humor, like the lily of the pond—sustained by the very water it purified.
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― The Paragon
― The Paragon
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I think in my old age I've come to realize just how precious everything is and I try to value the many blessings that have been bestowed upon me, but there's also this sense of vulnerability if fortune took a turn for the worse and you live with the awareness that anything can happen in this world."
(said in an interview the year he died, 1998)
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