Conventional wisdom dictates that one should not explain a joke.
Going into detail about what’s exaggerated or not can slow a standup set or written narrative so much that audiences or readers might become bored and uninterested.
However, a comic breaking apart a specific joke can prepare audiences or readers for how to interpret future pieces of comedy …
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