Taking you on good faith and assuming you are actually wondering why audiences are responding the way they are: There’s a big difference between “talking about r*pe” and saying “MY WIFE was r*ped four years ago.” You’re not “talking about death” you’re talking about how YOUR wife died. You are PERSONALIZING the bit TO YOU and not talking about it as a SUBJECT. -- Between the comic that says “let’s joke about death” and a comic who says “let’s joke about the death of my wife” people will go to the comic who jokes about death 100% of the time. This is a tall order for the crowd from you, a huge ask. I’m surprised to see you surprised. We, the audience, are now here to help YOU laugh through YOUR dark times and you made us PAY for it? That’s how I’d feel as an audience member. And if you insist on talking about it you should do something AMAZING with that “gasp” you keep getting when you say “my wife died four years ago.” Something I’ve never seen anyone do. I’m sure you can experiment with it when people go to a show with your name on the marquee since they will know what they are getting but right now you are “comedy show” not some big headliner where people know you have a “dead wife” niche.
Thanks for watching and the comment! A lot of points you brought up are definitely things I've thought of during this whole process. I agree with you on the fact that the personalization of the topic definitely makes it a tougher pill for people to swallow, but I also believe this art form is best when it's personal and we learn who the performer is. I can make general jokes about death, but it almost feel fraudulent (if that makes sense) I know talking about my experience being a young widower is not the easiest subject to tackle but if I were disabled, ill, abused, etc and spoke on my personal experiences, the audience typically doesn't react the same way. I've seen this quite often tbh. There are still a lot of things I need to do to smooth out the process/setup for sure, but I think my "confusion" comes from the immediate reaction of a gasp at the premise instead of trusting the journey with the performer. Being on stage at a comedy show making light of a personal experience shouldn't be a "huge ask" for the audience to get on board with IMO. I get it's a tough topic I'm presenting. It's not something people go out expecting to hear. But as an audience, you are trusting the venue and performer paid to be on stage to ultimately provide a comedic experience on whatever they choose to talk about. It might not be what you expected/wanted to see, but there will be laughs by the end of it. I dunno, we'll see what happens! That's what makes this stuff interesting, fun, and everything in between! Appreciate the comment and the thoughts!
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Taking you on good faith and assuming you are actually wondering why audiences are responding the way they are:
There’s a big difference between “talking about r*pe” and saying “MY WIFE was r*ped four years ago.” You’re not “talking about death” you’re talking about how YOUR wife died. You are PERSONALIZING the bit TO YOU and not talking about it as a SUBJECT. -- Between the comic that says “let’s joke about death” and a comic who says “let’s joke about the death of my wife” people will go to the comic who jokes about death 100% of the time. This is a tall order for the crowd from you, a huge ask. I’m surprised to see you surprised. We, the audience, are now here to help YOU laugh through YOUR dark times and you made us PAY for it? That’s how I’d feel as an audience member. And if you insist on talking about it you should do something AMAZING with that “gasp” you keep getting when you say “my wife died four years ago.” Something I’ve never seen anyone do. I’m sure you can experiment with it when people go to a show with your name on the marquee since they will know what they are getting but right now you are “comedy show” not some big headliner where people know you have a “dead wife” niche.
Thanks for watching and the comment! A lot of points you brought up are definitely things I've thought of during this whole process. I agree with you on the fact that the personalization of the topic definitely makes it a tougher pill for people to swallow, but I also believe this art form is best when it's personal and we learn who the performer is. I can make general jokes about death, but it almost feel fraudulent (if that makes sense) I know talking about my experience being a young widower is not the easiest subject to tackle but if I were disabled, ill, abused, etc and spoke on my personal experiences, the audience typically doesn't react the same way. I've seen this quite often tbh.
There are still a lot of things I need to do to smooth out the process/setup for sure, but I think my "confusion" comes from the immediate reaction of a gasp at the premise instead of trusting the journey with the performer. Being on stage at a comedy show making light of a personal experience shouldn't be a "huge ask" for the audience to get on board with IMO. I get it's a tough topic I'm presenting. It's not something people go out expecting to hear. But as an audience, you are trusting the venue and performer paid to be on stage to ultimately provide a comedic experience on whatever they choose to talk about. It might not be what you expected/wanted to see, but there will be laughs by the end of it.
I dunno, we'll see what happens! That's what makes this stuff interesting, fun, and everything in between!
Appreciate the comment and the thoughts!