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The English term Stand Up is used to refer to a certain type of humorous show. Its full name is Stand-Up Comedy and, as its name suggests, it is a comedy in which the protagonist acts standing up (the phrase stand up translates into Spanish as "to stand up" or "stand up").

General characteristics of the genre

The comedian is totally alone on stage, with a microphone and without any decorative element to accompany him. In this sense, the protagonist usually wears ordinary clothing and presents himself to the public not as a character but as someone who represents himself.

The topics that are addressed are treated with a humorous tone and the contents related to reality are common politics, the traditions absurdities of everyday life, people's obsessions or relationships between men and women. What rule Generally, the comedian tells a singular story in which he himself is the protagonist. In this sense, the viewer hears a funny story that is apparently real.

Screenwriters who are dedicated to Stand-Up use various

resources to connect with the public: talk about current issues and characters, tell stories with a dose of exaggeration and with a tragicomic ingredient. Obviously, it is essential that the comedian transmits truthfulness in his interpretation.

You could say that the key to a good comic monologue is that what is told seems real

The Stand-Up has a Format simple that fits perfectly on TV, radio, coffee theater or to the places with night shows.

The gender Stand-Up Comedy is based on the need to have fun, to laugh at others and ourselves and, in In short, it is a humorous approach that observes reality fleeing from the tragic or dramatic dimension of the lifetime.

Different denominations

Stand-Up Comedy comes from another theatrical genre, 19th century English vaudeville. In this show, the actor who presented the different performances told short stories and jokes to keep the audience entertained.

The term Stan-Up Comedy is translated into Spanish in several ways: monologue comedian, stand-up comedy or stand-up comedy.

In English who is dedicated to this genre is a stand-up comedian, which in Spanish could be translated as monologue, jokester or standupero (in Mexico a standupero is a monologue without too much talent).

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