What is stand-up comedy?

Stand-up crosstalk refers to crosstalk performed by only one person.

Monologue crosstalk is a form of crosstalk and a folk art form developed on the basis of folk jokes. It not only has the characteristics of cross talk, but also inherits the artistic techniques of folk jokes, stories and storytelling. Stand-up crosstalk is full of stories and interesting, so it is also widely circulated in society.

Form of performance

Stand-up crosstalk is also called stand-up, stand-up, stand-up and stand-up crosstalk. This name is opposite to the expressions of "counterpart" and "gregarious". It is evolved from folk stories and jokes, and has both artistic characteristics of stories and jokes. Two people are crosstalk, and more than three people are crosstalk.

In view of the fact that stand-up crosstalk is a performance form in which a person tells a funny story, some researchers think it is an oral expression form of short stories, but there are essential differences between them. Stand-up crosstalk and short stories are both narrative art forms, and there are many similarities between them from the perspectives of narrative objects and characterization.

Compared with the traditional narrative art (such as storytelling and stories), stand-up crosstalk focuses on reflecting the dialogue between characters in content, mainly relying on dialogue to form a burden and shape the image. Because the organization of the burden in his creation is restricted by the plot and character, it is very difficult to create stand-up crosstalk.