When it comes to white people, Chicago comic Sohrab Forouzesh doesn't want to have to keep making jokes, but when there seems to be an eternal fountain of content coming from the same group of people, it's hard to resist.
Joking about white people has been a recently touchy topic, whether it's being offended by the comedian's perspective, it feels unfair, or it's perceived as hack, there is definitely a wrong way to approach the topic.
Sohrab proves that there are so many right ways you CAN laugh at that.
In this episode, we talk about:
-Moving to the US from Iran as a kid.
-The endless fountain of funny that is white people behavior.
-When white people make jokes about other cultures without doing any research.
-How tonality and intent can turn an edgy joke into something more palatable for audiences.
-Sohrab’s bit about white people recorded at The Laugh Factory in Chicago.
-Discovering new jokes through riffing at shows, vs. at open mics.
-White people’s obsession with their dogs.
-The meaninglessness of pride in genealogy.
-Storytelling.
-A trick to disarm a white audience before telling white people jokes.
-A secret for winning a crowd over when a consistently killer joke doesn’t work.
-LaCroix, lacrosse, and LaCoste
-Comics challenging Sohrab’s white people jokes.
-Fake crowd work.
-Doing new jokes vs. getting bored with old material.
-Sohrab’s 2 thematic rules in stand-up.
-Working silliness into a bit about race as a disarming technique.
-The importance of doing research to improve your stand-up.
-When people approach you about not liking your jokes.
And more!
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