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are there any deaf stand-up comics?

titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-07-02 04:19 [#00292337]
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and let me get it out of the way, "that gives a whole new
meaning to def comedy jam. HAHAHAHAHAH!"

but seriously, i wonder if somewhere in the world there's a
comic who does his whole act in sign language? the language
seems very limited to me (in terms of vocabulary and
inflection) but it's certainly possible. it'd be very
difficult to find that deaf niche of course.

Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-07-02 04:22 [#00292339]
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"it'd be very difficult to find that deaf niche of course."

hahah, I highly doubt it, just because of this reason. Plus,
I think half of the fun of stand up is the modulation and
impressions of the comic's voice. You can't do impressions
in sign language. ;)

corngrower from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2002-07-02 04:24 [#00292343]
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shit man, half the humor would be just watching him flail
around and then hearing all the deafs with there muffled,
incoherent laughs

jabizzy from St. Louis, Misery. Er, that's (United States) on 2002-07-02 04:26 [#00292348]
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Yeah, but deaf people's wild gesticulations can be very very
amusing.

Okay, true, it was 3 am, I hadn't slept for 2 days, and I
was drugged up on NyQuil.

corngrower from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2002-07-02 04:28 [#00292350]
Points: 4404 Status: Lurker | Followup to jabizzy: #00292348

hey man, nothing like a good robo-trip to leave you dumb and
comatoast

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