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Steve Martin on finding your authentic voice

ReThinking

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The Challenges of Creating Original Comedy Material

Struggling to write original comedy material, the speaker experienced the frustration of cutting down a 20-minute act to 12 minutes by eliminating non-original content. The pressure to deliver spontaneous performances with a limited set of jokes left the speaker feeling uneasy about being exposed for faking originality. The speaker's envy over singers' ability to repeatedly perform their songs contrasts with the comedian's need to constantly generate new material to avoid repetition.

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