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Deadpan delivery

Deadpan delivery is the art of saying something ridiculous or profound with a completely straight face, which forces the listener to do the emotional heavy lifting of deciding whether to laugh. It works because the gap between what you're saying and how you're saying it creates the friction where comedy lives.

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