re: Crowd work has ruined standup comedy

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It is very difficult for a comedian to come up with an original 30-1 hr set. If they showed their actual jokes on these social media clips there is no incentive for folks to attend the shows.

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I always get a chuckle when people don't get this and just say "all comedians do now is crowd work". No, that's just all they show on social media because their set took them years to create. I've seen several in interviews say a lot of people come into their show and immediately expect them to do crowd work when they've spent years creating their 1/2-1 hour sets. The crowd work is just 5-10 minutes at the end of the show. Yes, it's all they show on social media, but that's because they've spent years on that set. Why give it away just so you can hear it again?!