The Power of Attention in Stand Up Comedy

Comedian John Oliver says stand-up comedy is rooted in the zeitgeist. He believes that when you're having a great set, you feel yourself go from being an individual to a collective. The catharsis or whatever you want to call it, the people get from a comedy show isn't just because they're laughing so hard and vocalizing this bizarre sound we call after.

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