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Why "stand-up comedian"? Why not just "comedian"?
Asked by syz (35938)
November 19th, 2008
I can guess where the term came from (since they stand in front of an audience and perform), but was it really necessary? Did we somehow need to differentiate them from“sit-down” comedians? Why don’t we have “stand-up dancers” and “stand-up jazz vocalists”? Why is our language so odd?
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