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-# [[comedy]] performed on stage by a single [[comedian]].+'''Stand-up comedy''' is a [[comic]] style in which a [[comedian]] performs in front of a live audience, usually speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a '''comic''', '''stand-up comic''', '''stand-up comedian''' or simply a '''stand-up'''. In stand-up comedy the comedian usually recites a fast-paced succession of humorous stories, short [[jokes]] called "bits", and [[one-liner joke|one-liners]], which constitute what is typically called a ''[[monologue]]'', routine or act. Some stand-up comedians use [[Theatrical property|props]], music or [[magic trick]]s to enhance their acts. Stand-up comedy is often performed in [[comedy club]]s, bars, nightclubs, [[neo-burlesque]]s, colleges, and theaters. Outside of live performance, stand-up is often distributed commercially via [[television]], [[DVD]], and the [[internet]].
-==Dirty jokes==+== See also ==
-:''[[dirty joke]]''+* [[Comedy festivals]]
-Dirty jokes were once considered [[subversive]] and underground, and rarely heard in public. Comedian [[Lenny Bruce]] was once tried, convicted, and actually jailed for [[obscenity]] after a stand up performance that included off-color humor in [[New York City]] in [[1964]]. Comedian and actor [[Redd Foxx]] was well-known in nightclubs in the 1960s and '70s for his raunchy [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up act]], but toned it down for [[Sanford and Son]] and [[The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour]], stating in the first monologue of the latter show that the only similarity between the show and his nightclub act was that "I'm smoking" [http://207.36.165.13/foxx.html]. American society has become increasingly tolerant of off-color humor since that time. Due in part to the mainstream success of comedians such as [[Dolemite]], Andrew Dice Clay's [[Andrew Dice Clay|"The Dice Man"]], and [[Richard Pryor]] in the 1970s and 1980s, such forms of humor came to be distributed widely, and grew socially acceptable.+* [[Improvisational theatre]]
- +* [[List of musical comedians]]
-In the 1990s and modern era, such comedians as [[George Carlin]] (and, in a more moderate form, [[Dave Chappelle]]) use "dirty" or otherwise shocking content to draw attention to their criticism of social issues - especially [[censorship]] and the socioeconomic divide. [[The Aristocrats (joke)|The Aristocrats]] is perhaps the most famous dirty joke in the US; certainly, it is one of the best-known and most oft-repeated among comedians themselves.+* [[List of stand-up comedians]]
 +* [[Manzai]] – style of stand-up comedy in Japan
 +* [[Open mic]] – live show where audience members may perform at the microphone
 +* [[Rakugo]] – Japanese verbal entertainment
 +* [[Situation comedy]]
 +* [[Xiangsheng]] – Chinese traditional stand-up comedy
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Stand-up comedy is a comic style in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience, usually speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or simply a stand-up. In stand-up comedy the comedian usually recites a fast-paced succession of humorous stories, short jokes called "bits", and one-liners, which constitute what is typically called a monologue, routine or act. Some stand-up comedians use props, music or magic tricks to enhance their acts. Stand-up comedy is often performed in comedy clubs, bars, nightclubs, neo-burlesques, colleges, and theaters. Outside of live performance, stand-up is often distributed commercially via television, DVD, and the internet.

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