Different Ways Dan Nainan Comedian Uses Clean Humor to Connect With Audiences
Comedian
Dan Nainan New York aims to create a connection with
audiences through clean humor. Rather than the edgy stand-up comedy that often
receives widespread exposure, Nainan’s work relies on clean jokes about
everyday life that resonate positively with a diverse audience. Though some of
the themes may originate from Nainan’s Asian background, there are few
references to race, and anybody is welcome to laugh together.
Technique 1: Relatable Everyday
Observations
People from all walks of life share common experiences during
the course of their lives. Jokes about these experiences often create a
subconscious connection between the audience and the comedian. During the show,
Dan
Nainan Comedian talks about the awkwardness of trying to bring a
serious tone into a serious presentation while going around the room looking
for suitable materials. He uses phrases like ‘This is not funny’ and ‘I am
serious’, and talks of the ‘worst juggle’ and the ‘crappiest juggling’—yet they
are still funny. He finds those awkward but universal experiences in life and
communicates them to the audience.
Personal experiences often make a story more powerful. Nainan
tells how he has great difficulty picking up women without an appearance
booster. He enlists the audience’s help by asking how they think he looks, and
is further surprised when he discovers that people far older than he is appear
to be flirting with him. Though the experiences are personal, the presenter
turns them universal and scalable as needed. Events preceding the speech are
also scaled; Dan’s experience with and observations of Chinese audiences were
at the due stage, while his recent explorations of India form the latest stage
material.
Technique 2: Self-Deprecating Humor Without Belittling Others
Self-deprecating comedy involves poking fun at made mistakes,
physical attributes, unique qualities, or quirks. Incorporating these elements
into comedic performance must be executed thoughtfully. When done properly,
this approach can be charming and engaging; however, take it too far or too
often, and the audience may feel pity rather than joy for the performer.
In stand-up comedy, if one’s aim is to position oneself in
the role of the jest, those observations need to be balanced by making other
individuals seem intelligent, competent, or at the very least, capable. In
other words, the self-deprecating humor can’t belittle everyone else involved
in the story or performance. People laugh beyond the first few chuckles at the
situation or individual involved in the joke; after a small period, laughter
becomes a form of sympathy and pity rather than one of joy. It seems to be more
something enjoyed by a knowing audience member rather than something they wish
to share with the other audience attendees. Too much self-deprecating humor can
lead to a performance being depressing rather than amusing.
Balancing Personal Flaws with Light-Hearted Self-Reflection
Dan Nainan
Comedian
accomplishes this by addressing his embarrassing lack of rhythm, acknowledging
that it would be wonderful if he could dance, and then commenting on a new form
of dancing that virtually anyone without coordination could manage. In this
way, he vicariously shares with his audience the natural curiosity and
wishfulness of the person for whom such coordination would spring forth
unforced from within—and thus he succeeds, and people can laugh at whatever
torments him without being mean-spirited.
Self-deprecating humor is often a crowd-pleaser; however,
many audiences are wary of a performer or candidate who seems to have nothing
going for him. If self-deprecating humor is to work well, it should therefore
not lead to such a conclusion—it should at least imply that, beneath those
faults humorously bared to the audience, there lurks hidden talent just waiting
to be revealed. The conversational tone in which he presents it also helps to
stave off such a conclusion; it is not a cringing confession or even a boastful
putting-on-of-a-show but an honest admission candidly made—and the proof lies
in the laughter truly produced.
Originally Posted At: https://medium.com/@DanNainan/different-ways-dan-nainan-comedian-new-york-uses-clean-humor-to-connect-with-audiences-07fdedef8212
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