Performance and Identity in Irish Stand-Up Comedy [electronic resource] : The Comic 'i' /
Colleary, S.author.
One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy from the perspective of the narrated self, through the prism of the fabricated comedy persona, including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Warm Up; 1 The Trailblazers: Vaudeville, Music Hall and Hibernian Varieties; 1.1 A brief history: vaudeville to stand-up; 1.2 A brief history: music hall to stand-up; 1.3 Hibernian varieties; 1.4 Stand-Up: alternative Hibernia; 2 The Comic 'i'; 2.1 Stand-Up - the personal dimension; 2.2 The storied self; 2.3 Comic strips; 2.4 The comic 'i'; 2.5 Comic heterotopias; 2.6 Comic 'i'dentity; 3 Messages; 3.1 Messenger from the other side; 3.2 Messenger to the other side; 3.3 Mixed messages; 3.4 The messenger; 3.5 The comic 'i'
4 Everybody Knows That The Dice Are Loaded4.1 'Please help - I have no sense of self'; 4.2 'Sorry? Ha! - You make me sick - Put some clothes on'; 4.3 'Death needs you'; 4.4 The comic 'i'; 5 Revenge of the Buckteeth Girl; 5.1 Revenge; 5.2 'If you're fat, just like be fat and shut up. And if you're thin, - fuck you!'; 5.3 Maeve Higgins does not scare men; 5.4 Male periods; 5.5 The comic 'i'; Final Remarks; Appendix: Biographies; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy from the perspective of the narrated self, through the prism of the fabricated comedy persona, including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins.
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