Gavin Muir - Audiobooks 2022 - Non-Fiction/Biography - Steve Martin
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Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
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I did stand up comedy for 18 years. 10 of those years were spent learning four years were spent refining And four were spent in wild success. My most persistent memory of stand up is of my mouth being in the present, in my mind, being in the future, the mouth speaking the line, the body delivering the gesture while the mine looks back, observing, analyzing, judging, worrying and then deciding when and what to say next enjoyment. While performing was rare, enjoyment would have been an indulgent loss of focus that comedy cannot afford after the shows. However, I experienced long hours of elation or misery depending on how the show went, because doing comedy on stage is the ego's last stand. My decade is the 70's with several years extending on either side. Though my general recall of the period is precise. My memory of specific shows is faint. I stood on stage blinded by lights looking into blackness which made every place the same. Darkness is essential. If light is thrown on the audience, they don't laugh, I might as well have told them to sit still and be quiet. The audience necessarily remained a thing unseen except for a few front rows Where one sourpuss could send me into panic and desperation. The comedian slang for a successful show is I murdered them, which I'm sure came about because you finally realized that the audience is capable of murdering you