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Scenario

When comedy partners struggle with cultural differences in physical humor

My comedy partner and I have been doing physical comedy together for two years, but we come from completely different cultural backgrounds and lately our bits keep falling flat because what's hilarious to me feels uncomfortable to them, and what they find funny doesn't land with our audiences at all. We're both starting to second-guess everything we do together and I can feel us losing the natural chemistry that made us work in the first place.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The shared language of laughter has become a source of miscommunication, creating distance where there used to be creative flow.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Physical comedy across cultures?”

Peri

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