Surely you asked yourself: "Stand-up - what is it?" The phrase Standup Comedy in literal translation means "standing humor." Yes, yes, it turns out, it's just the style of “I’m standing on the stage and amusing people. But in our time, this art has reached such heights that Petrosyan, Zadornov, Khazanov, and many others from their brotherhood are called stand-up comedians, do not dare to call their tongues. But this is so, in fact, they are the pioneers of this humorous genre in our homeland. Thus, this is a colloquial genre, the essence of which is to amuse the audience with their stories on any possible topic.
Standup: what is it and what is it "eaten" with
Stand-up is a style of a humorous show where a comedian with pre-prepared text speaks to real viewers. The format of such a speech is evaluated solely by the reaction of the audience to the comedian. The theme of the room is also determined solely by the fact that the hall responds well and badly.
For a full-fledged performance in this genre, you need to get a comedian, audience, room, microphone and bar stool (moreover, a microphone and a bar stool is already a luxury, an additional option to a minimum set). The standout has always been and is always remarkable that the variation of topics that you can joke and reason about is not limited by anything other than the wishes of the public, the main thing is to entertain and make them laugh. It is from this experience of interaction with the audience that the ability to understand the wishes of the crowd arises. The founders of the foreign film and TV industry started in the stand-up genre. What is it, we figured out.
So how should you spell a word?
Despite all the disagreements, you need to write “stand-up”, not “stand-up” or “stand-up”. Remember this moment.
The history of stand-up as a genre
The homeland of the stand-up, as well as many good things in this world, is rightfully the UK. This genre originates in the 18th-19th centuries, when performers played in music halls. Around the 70s of the last century, the tradition of musical accompaniment became obsolete, giving way to a solo performance by an actor-comedian.
The perpetual motion machine of the stand-up as a genre was television and radio. Thanks to the widespread awareness of the viewer, comedians could no longer travel the country for years with the same well-developed, albeit good performance. They had to write new jokes constantly, looking for new topics and problems. The United States coped with this turn of events best of all, where the genre of steadap comedy quickly became popular, and the number of comedy clubs grew almost exponentially. Almost everyone who knew how to speak was engaged in the stand-up, and he became the main focus in the humor of the last century.
To this day, comedians all over the world perform in the manner that was laid in the United States in the 70s. Many Hollywood stars began their careers on the stage of stand-up clubs. For example, Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams ushered in the so-called new generation of comedians.
Today, the stand-up is so popular that everyone knows the meaning of a foreign word in Russia. This genre appeared in our country quite recently, therefore the TNT channel has been confidently holding a monopoly in the stand-up industry for many years. Originally conceived as a humorous channel, it holds the bar by releasing more and more shows. The beginning of everything was, of course, the Comedy Club, which gained popularity and made a well-known comedian Pavel Volyu an ordinary teacher, and Garik Kharlamov, a graduate of the State University of Management with a diploma in Human Resources, a humor meter. Do not forget about others, for example, about the now most desired groom Timur Batrutdinov. TNT gave way to almost all the comedians popular on television, and they came out not only from “Comedy Club”, but also from its many “daughters”: ComedyWoman, “Laughter without rules”, “Slaughter League” and Comedy-Battle. To date, the channel has decided to launch the project under the simple but speaking name StandUp ("Standup"). What is it, you can understand only by looking.
Features of performance in style
This style has several features, without which it cannot exist as a genre.
The stand-up format is based on one very important rule: the speaker must be alone. There have been no successful performances outside the solo genre in stand-up history, despite the fact that it has been developing for several centuries.
A comedian can do and use anything in his speech. There are no restrictions. Many stand-upers use whiteboards with a marker to portray or write something that can make people laugh, and there are cases of simple antics (among lay people, of course). In general, everything that can somehow amuse the viewer, the audience, is used.
The tradition of conducting such performances in small bars or chamber audiences appeared for a reason. It originates from the fact that most stand-upers are beginners, and more experienced comedians find it difficult to interact immediately with a large audience. Only some world-famous stand-up comedians can assemble entire concert halls.
Modern stand-up is a new genre, profanity in which is in no way prohibited or prohibited.
There are many ways to make jokes. This is humor based on both the actor’s game and the visual, sound effects. A musical or even text stand-up is possible. The last of these is currently leading and main.
How to conduct a stand-up performance? Development schemes
- Open microphone . This scheme involves the performance of all pre-recorded comers. The leader in turn calls the participants, and their time is usually limited to 3-5 minutes. If the audience does not respond to the comedian, the music turns on (or the light turns off), and the speakers replace each other. This form of organization is great for stand-up beginners who want to test themselves in this business.
- Set-list. In this case, everything happens much more interesting: the presenter or the audience choose a topic on which the stand-up comedian should improvise and do it funny.
- Recital. There is no need to explain. The best jokes. Famous comedian. A lot of time.
Questions that interest everyone
- Standup and the thought he carries. Typically, a stand-up show is not required to carry any thoughts, but if you are talking about what you really care about, you can’t do without it.
- Standup and personality. This is a genre in which there is enormous competition, so if a comedian stands out - this is his plus. Individuality - yes.