So here we are, Week 6. Autumn has lay it’s foot on top of us quite abruptly – hence the sudden blizzard outside – and somehow we’re more than halfway through the quarter!
Having my conference with Kris has helped me feel like my paper is going in the right direction, even though I definitely felt like I was struggling at first. To be honest, I wonder if I chose the right topic. It’s not that I don’t see Comedy as my Home, but I’m just realizing how abstract and difficult to pin down that concept IS. At the same time, it definitely gives me no shortage of things to consider and muse about, but sometimes it’s overwhelming in it’s scope.
I did stand up again this week, and it went pretty good! I did a bit about the Kardashians making things trendy that subsequently ruin them for the rest of the 99%. They can’t even let the LGBT community off the hook, because now we have to deal with GD Cait!! Pretty soon Courtney is gonna step on a rusty nail and get Tetanus and suddenly everyone is gonna do the “Tetanus Challenge” on Instagram and flood our emergency rooms. :\
My audience was mostly young people, mostly dudes, and while I think they enjoyed it I missed the intimacy and appreciation I felt when performing at the Almost Woke Show last month (A show that featured mostly women and POC.) How much of comedy is other people getting the joke for me? How much is media I prefer to enjoy by myself? How does it’s effect change? Like I said, a lot to consider.
