Stendap - what is it? Definition

Surely you asked yourself: "Stendap - what is it?" The phrase Standup Comedy in literal translation means "humor standing." Yes, it turns out, it's just a style of "standing on stage and amuse people." But in our time this art has reached such heights that it is impossible to name all known Petrosyan, Zadornov, Khazanov and many others from their brothers stand-comic. But this is so, in fact, they are the pioneers of this humorous genre in our homeland. Thus, this is a colloquial genre, the essence of which is to amuse the public with their stories on any possible topics.

Stendap: what is it, and what does it "eat"

Stendap is the style of a humorous show, where a humorist with pre-prepared text speaks to real viewers. The format of such a speech is evaluated solely by the reaction of the audience to the comic. The topic of the issue is also determined solely by what the room reacts well to, and what is bad.

For a full-fledged performance in this genre, you need to have a comedian, an audience, a room, a microphone and a bar stool (with the microphone and bar chair being a luxury, an extra option for a minimum set). It has always been wonderful in the stand-up that the variation of topics that can be joked and reasoned is not limited to anything other than the wishes of the public, the main thing is to entertain and make it laugh. It is from this experience of interaction with the audience that the ability to understand the desires of the crowd appears. The founders of the foreign film and TV industry started in the genre of standup. What is it, we figured out.

So how do you write a word?

Despite all the disagreements, it is necessary to write "standup", not "stand-up" or "stand-up". Remember this moment.

The history of the stand as a genre

The birthplace of the stand, as well as many good things in this world, is by right the United Kingdom. The genre takes its origin in the XVIII-XIX centuries, when the performers played in music halls. Approximately in the 70s of the last century the tradition of musical accompaniment is outdated, giving way to a solo performance of the actor-comedian.

The eternal engine of the stand-up as a genre has become television and radio. Thanks to the general awareness of the audience, comedians could no longer travel throughout the country for years with the same well-worked, albeit good performance. They had to write new jokes all the time, looking for new topics and problems. Best of all, with such a turn of events, we managed in the US, where the genre of the step-comedy quickly became popular, and the number of gum clubs grew almost geometrically. Strendapa was practiced by practically all who could speak, and it became the main direction in the humor of the last century.

Comedians all over the world and to this day act in the manner that was laid in the US in the 70's. Many Hollywood stars began their careers on the stage of stand-clubs. For example, Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams marked the beginning of the so-called new generation of comedians.

Today, the standup is so popular, that this meaning of a foreign word is known in Russia to everyone. This genre has appeared in our country very recently, therefore the monopoly in the stand-industry has been confidently holding the TNT channel for many years. Initially conceived as a humorous channel, he keeps the bar, releasing more and more new shows. The beginning of all was, of course, the "Comedy Club", which gained its popularity and made from the usual teacher of the famous comedian Pavel Volya, and from the graduate of the State University of Management with a diploma in the field of "personnel management" of the humor meter Garik Kharlamov. Do not forget about others, for example, about the most desired fiancé of Timur Batrutdinov. TNT gave way to almost all the popular humorists on television, and they came not only from the "Comedy Club", but also from its many "daughters": ComedyWoman, "Laughter without rules," "lethal league" and Comedy-Battle. To date, the channel has decided to launch the project under a simple but speaking name StandUp ("Standup"). What it is, you can understand, just by looking.

Features of performance in style

This style has several features, without which it can not exist as a genre.

In the basis of the standup format there is one very important rule: the speaker must be one. Successful performances outside the solo genre in the history of the standup have not yet been, despite the fact that it has been developing for several centuries.
A comedian can do and use anything in his speech. There are no restrictions. Many stand-ups use boards with a marker to represent or write something that can make laugh, there are often cases of mere croaking (for non-professionals, naturally). In general, the course is all that can even somehow make the audience laugh, the audience.

The tradition to hold such performances in small bars or chamber audiences appeared for a reason. It takes its beginning in the fact that most stand-ups are newcomers, and even more experienced comedians find it difficult to interact with a large audience at once. Only some well-known around the world stand-comic comics can collect whole concert halls.

Modern standup - a new genre, profanity in which in no way is prohibited and not forbidden.

There are many options for filing a joke. This is a humor based on both the actor's play and visual, sound effects. A musical or even a text stand is possible. The last one listed is currently leading and basic.

How to hold a stand-show? Development plans

1. An open microphone . This scheme assumes the appearance of all pre-enrolled volunteers. The facilitator in turn calls the participants, and their time is usually limited to 3-5 minutes. In the event that the public does not react to the comic, music is turned on (or the lights turn off), and the performers take turns. This form of organization is great for beginners who want to test themselves in this business.
2. Set-list. In this case, everything happens much more interesting: the presenter or the public selects a topic to which the stand-up comic must improvise and make it ridiculous.
3. Solo concert. Here, and do not need to explain. The best jokes. A famous comedian. A lot of time.

Questions that are of interest to all

• Stendap and the thought he carries. Usually, a stand-up show does not have to carry any thought, but if you talk about what really excites you, you can not do without it.
• Stendap and individuality. This is a genre in which there is a huge competition, so if a comedian stands out - this is his plus. Individuality - yes.