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Which one thing is not like the other thing?
🕑 Added 2016-04-10 12:03:41 +0000 UTC It's amazing to me how different the same show can be, two nights in a row. Like, it's mainly the same words, in mainly the same order - I'm telling the same story in the same room to the same number of people at the same hour of night, the LIGHTS are the same - you've removed so many possible variables from the scenario, but the difference between tonight's show and last night's was vast. From my first sentence last night, the room felt heavy, tense, hostile - the audience members who seemed friendly were a bit withdrawn and the extroverts were aggressive. Tonight it was the opposite - the talkers were bubbly, and the shy ones were just waiting to be brought out of their shells. How is that such a palpable feeling in a room? What are the signals and sounds and subtle signs that make such a distinctive difference? Any comedian can tell you the vibe of a room, and the very good ones can turn a room around. But it's all a bit mysterious and sixth sens-ey. And sometimes you think you've done a bad gig in a bad room and then someone comes up or hunts you down to tell you how much they loved it, and you lose all faith in your own judgment entirely.
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That's a really interesting analogy Djak!
Hop on a bus, along the same bus route, at about the same time every day. The bus, the driver, the route maybe the same but the traffic and passengers make it a totally different ride each time. Stop and pick up some rude drunks and the atmosphere, the energy in the bus changes. Stop and pick up some ladies after bingo and it changes again. Stop and pick up a mother with a giggling baby and before long everyone is giggling along too. The driver can also affect things as well, speed up, slow down, go over speed bumps too fast, turn up the smooth fm so everyone is singing along with Celine. Maybe you work in a sort of intellectual public transport!
