Comedian

A comedian ( of comedy ) is a person who has made it to the destination or profession, to bring fellow mimic, gestures or language laugh. There is, therefore, in all artistic genres comedian, also in music or painting.

Derived from it is in the theater the role of trade ( for example: " Old Comic ", " teenager comedian " ), in the film industry Comic Relief.

The term is sometimes used disparagingly, if someone excels through ridiculous proposals or actions.

Neighboring terms

A comedian in the circus is called a clown. However, most clowns speak ( in contrast to the comedian in vaudeville and on the stage ) in the circus not, but act funny by their actions.

A comedian is (also) a comedian, which is a humorous way political messages or criticism of political or social processes exercises (see the cabaret comedian of 1924). However, this correlation is not reciprocal. Thus, the fact that a comedian is a comedian, respectively. may be no way that the comedian 's comedian at the same time. The cabaret and the comic differ in many ways. The criteria can be used here, for example type of jokes and thematic content.

In the stand-up comedy, however, it is more about personal situations that are presented in close contact and dialogue with the audience.

In the GDR was the official title of " humorist " bound to a rating by a Rating Commission.

Increasingly found in recent years the term comedian distribution, which nothing but the English translation of the word is more comedians.

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