Universal Punchlines Aid Niche Setups
An obvious and commonly understood left turn can create inclusivity for even the most specific jokes.
A major challenge of landing a joke is that the audience won’t understand the references a comic makes. The fear is that audiences might get lost in some specific cultural, historical, or religious reference they don’t understand.
So, many comics use a traditional joke structure of a universally understood concept as a setup to reel the audience in, foll…
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