Standup Comedy Clubs in Bangladesh

Razanul Haque 1020873030

Eng105, Sec- 10

Prepared for:

Maleka Sarwar (MKS)

Submission Date

27/4/2013

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Acknowled

gements

While preparing the research paper a lot of peoplehelped me on various occasions. Among these people are the Class

mates, Course instructor, Teaching assistant and the people who

responded during my survey. In this regard, I would like to give

my special thanks to my Abdus Selim, who is a respected faculty

member of English department of NSU and my course instructor

Maleka Sarwar. She was always by my side whenever I faced any

problem. I also want to take the chance to thank Mr Naveed Mahbub

who gave me time to take his interview. At every moment I

remember all the people who really encouraged me in every stage

of my field work (survey) with their support. The encouragement

and suggestions, what I got from them, really helped me a lot to

make this report to be successful. Without their guidance and

friendly co-operation, this job would not be possible. Special

thanks, to my parents for always supporting me. Last but not the

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least, my gratitude along with thanks goes to The Almighty Allah

for keeping everything on the right track.

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Ab

stractThis research paper discusses about standup comedy clubs in

Bangladesh .Humor is everywhere. Without humor life would have

been dull. It is said that laughter is the best medicine. When

our mind is free of burden our productivity rate of work

increases. Laughter, comedy, humor help us there. Humor emerges

as an important coping mechanism; it increases immunity and

reduces pain and stress. In this case comedy club can be a fine

source for entertainment. Other countries have comedy clubs where

people go and enjoy their time by the performance of the standup

comedians. A standup comedian is a comedian who performs comedy

in front of live audiences. So I wanted to find out whether

comedy clubs can be part of the entertainment sector in our

country and people’s attitude towards it. I conducted the survey

on different aged upper middle class and upper class people. I

asked responders different kind of questions. Recently in Dhaka a

comedy club has been launched for the first time. This is a new

culture for our country. We as a nation always love good

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entertainment. It helps up to make our complicated life easier.

That’s why I was very eager to work with this topic. Before

starting this I was hoping to get positive result about the

comedy club in Bangladesh and I found out that people are showing

positive attitude towards it. People know that other countries

have standup comedy clubs and majority of the responders think

that we should have comedy clubs like other countries.

Table of

ContentsIntroduction………..

Background………..

Research questions……….

Hypothesis………..

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Methodology………..

Data presentation and Analysis…….

Summary of Research Findings……

Recommendations……………

Conclusion………….

References……….

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In

troduction people of Bangladesh always welcome new things.

They lead a very busy life. So when they find something new they

get excited. In our country there are very few things that

entertain our people. We as a nation are very fun loving. People

of Bangladesh always shows positive attitude towards new things.

We should have standup comedy clubs like other countries for the

entertainment of our people. People watch many shows on

televisions but standup comedy is performed live in front of the

people. Comedy club is a venue where people watch or listen to

performance of the comedians.Stand-up comedy is a comedic art

form in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience,

speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a

comic, stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or simply a stand-up.

Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via

DVD, the internet, and television (Stand-up comedy, 2011). In

stand-up comedy the comedian usually tells funny stories and

short jokes. Some standup comedians use music or magic to improve

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their acts. Stand up comedies are usually performed in comedy

clubs, bars, colleges and theaters. Comedy club is mainly a

western culture. Standup is an art form that is openly devoted to

getting immediate laughs from an audience above all else, unlike

theatrical comedy which creates comedy within the structure of a

play with amusing characters and situations. In stand-up comedy,

feedback of the audience is instant and crucial for the

comedian's act (Stand-up comedy 2011). In standup comedy clubs

Audiences expect a stand-up comedian to provide a firm stream of

laughs, and a comedian is always under great pressure to deliver

from audiences.

Comedy clubs are mainly western culture. Perhaps nothing in the

'1970s gave rise to stand-up comedy more than the birth of the

comedy club. On both coasts, new clubs were opening that allowed

comics to get in front of audiences every night of the week

(Bromley, n.d.). Both America and United Kingdom has history of

standup comedy clubs. The United Kingdom has a long heritage of

stand-up comedy, which began in the music halls of the 18th and

19th centuries and in America standup comedy clubs started in

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19th century (Stand-up comedy, 2011). London city is the biggest

and the best for standup comedy clubs. Countries even like India

have comedy clubs in their different cities. . In Standup comedy

clubs the comedy show is for 40-45 minutes because of this people

don’t get bored by watching long shows. We know that humor

is everywhere. In Bangladesh people have great sense of humor.

Standup comedy club is a place where people can go alone or with

their family to enjoy live standup comedy. Bangladesh has very

few places where people can go and enjoy with their family

members. So if we have comedy clubs like other countries I think

people will take comedy clubs as place where they can go and

enjoy. Recently in Dhaka a comedy club has been launched for the

first time. This is a new culture for our country. So people are

slowly getting interested in comedy clubs. Still Bangladeshi

people have little knowledge about comedy clubs. Comedy club is a

safe and peaceful place where people can go and enjoy comedy

shows. People of Bangladesh love this kind of place because in

Bangladesh there are very few safe and peaceful places for

entertainment. . My research will indicate the attitude of

Bangladeshi people towards comedy and the future prospect of

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comedy clubs in Bangladesh. If the research result is positive,

we can assume that comedy clubs would be a new place for

entertainment in Bangladesh.

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Background

Comedy routines and the stage have been with us ever since the

days of vaudeville. Often used as the opening or warm-up act for

the headlining music troupe or dance act, comedy acts would take

their stand-up routines across the country. Sometimes the act

would be a single comedian who would rely on sight gags and quick

repartee to get the audience primed and ready for the headliners.

At other times, two or more comedians would work together,

usually with one person playing the serious role and the other

being the wacky part of the team. The format caught on, and soon

stand-up comedy teams were as famous as all the other vaudeville

acts. After vaudeville died the mixture of comedy and clubs

continued to be a popular attraction. In fact, many of the most

famous comedy duos of the 20th century built up their fan base by

touring the comedy club circuit (Tatum, 2003).

During the 1960s and 1970s, a new facet of the comedy

club began to emerge, as more and more clubs held amateur nights.

The chance to try out routines in front of a live audience was a

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boon for those who hoped to make it in the field of stand-up

comedy. The audience, in turn, had the chance to discover new

talent ahead of anyone else. The chance to hone their craft in a

comedy club made it possible for some of the most highly regarded

comedians of the late 20th century to eventually come to national

prominence (Tatum, 2003).

When it comes to layout, the comedy club will vary in the

ambiance that it projects. Some clubs today are like auditoriums,

with stadium seating and a full sized stage. You will see bright

lights and visual effects all through the shows. Others are

smaller and more intimate, with tables and chairs for the

customers and a small stage area for the performer. Most offer

drinks of some kind, and in some clubs you can get a full meal to

enjoy during the show.

The comedy club is alive and well today. Some comedy

clubs still host amateur nights, as well as provide entertainment

by the current ruling class of comedic geniuses that most of us

know by name. Cable TV and the Internet have made it possible for

a number of high profile comedy club outlets to also be seen by a

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much wider audience, making some of them into Mecca’s for the

star-struck. However, the nice thing is that you don’t

necessarily have to rely on your computer and television to take

you into a comedy club. Chances are you live within driving

distance of a local comedy club (Tatum, 2003).

How to do comedy is very important because without it

audiences will not response positively. In a stand-up comedy club

people also have to respect the comedian.

On standup comedy it is profitable to compare it to public

speaking in general. The aim of a comedian as well as a public

speaker is to keep the attention of the audience and create

positive audience response. Studies have shown that one is not

just born to be a good speaker but that one can improve one’s

performance by studying what actually happens in a performance by

a good speaker. Good public speaker does not only speak but they

manipulate the audience in order to get good response (Atkinson,

1984, p.12).

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Standup comedy is not just only talking, it is trying

to make people laugh. If the comedian is successful in making

people laugh, he will get a good response for his club.

stand-up is not so much public speech as it is talk. Though it

may be “heavily one sided,” it is nevertheless a dialogic form

“that allows for reaction, participation, and engagement on the

part of those to whom the stand-up comedian is

speaking”(Brodie ,2009, p.4). The genre fundamentally requires an

audience; all broadcasts and recordings of stand-up comedy,

without exception, are made in front of a live audience (Brodie ,

2009). The tone of stand-up talk too is generally as direct as

that of any face to face talk, with comics speaking in the first

person to an audience they address in the second person. Such

choices are motivated and utterly appropriate; as Karin Barber

describes the effect, “Discourse in the first and second persons

[…] tends to evoke a response from the hearer, sucking the

discourse into the here-and-now” (Barber,2003, p.326).

Comedian uses many things to earn the support of the

audience, so that their clubs becomes popular and successful.

Communicative context that comic share their disgrace,

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embarrassment and failures, as well as their attempts at

cleverness. To such discussion they add all they talk through use

of several of the other social codes that speak through behavior—

dress, attitude, sign, spatial organization—which they regularly

mix up in playfully unpredictable ways that add to that sense of

informality born of code inconsistency (Irvine, 1979, p. 777).

Hay’s (2001) model of Humor Support highlights the importance of

the receiver of a joke recognizing, understanding and

appreciating a joke in order for it to be successful. Further,

Jerry Palmer (1994) argues that comic meaning is dependent on a

number of interrelated factors: the settings and contexts in

which a joke is told, the competence of its delivery, the

identity of the teller, and the audience of the joke.

Relationship between audience and the comedian is very

important, this makes a comedy club successful.

This important relationship between the stand-up

comedian and the audience is carefully negotiated before the

comedian appears on stage via a judiciously organized

introduction given by the compeer (Rutter, 2000).

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Stand-up comedy is very much connected to audience.

The success of standup comedy clubs depends on the comedian

performance and how the comedian can connect with audience. The

comedian always has to keep the attention of the audiences.

Culture is very important. Half of the success of the standup

comedy club depends on culture .The comedian has to make jokes

according to the culture of the country, so that people can

accept the jokes and enjoy the comedy show. Relationship with

the audience is very important. If the comedian is able make good

relationship with the audience, comedian comedy club will be a

success.

We have a standup comedy club in Banani which was recently

opened. The owner and comedian of the comedy club is Naveed

Mahbub. Naveed’s comedy club is the first standup comedy club in

Bangladesh. The club was open on March 5, 2010 at Banani, Dhaka.

All aged people are allowed. The comedy club is getting positive

response from the people.

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Research

QuestionsMy research will address the following research questions:

1. What is standup comedy?

2. Can stand up comedy make our complicated life easier?

3. What are the difference between comedy shows on TV and standup

comedy?

4. Can comedy club be a part of our society in Bangladesh?

5. Which countries are famous for standup comedy?

6. Do we have any comedy clubs in Bangladesh?

7. What type of attitude will people show toward comedy clubs?

Hypothesis People’s of our country love to have fun. They

always appreciate good things. Standup up comedy clubs will be

perfect for our country. Standup comedy is a style in which a

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person or a group tries to entertain the people. I think standup

comedy will make our complicated life easier because standup

comedy is very funny and entertaining. Standup comedy clubs are

one of the best places for having fun with your friends or

family. People also watch comedy shows on TV but there are

differences between standup comedy and comedy shows on TV. When

we are watching a comedy show on TV you can’t experience the live

acts and can’t feel the performances of the comedians. In Standup

comedy people are watching the act live so they can enjoy more.

Britain and America are very famous for standup comedy. They have

many comedy clubs.

We also have a comedy club in Banani, Dhaka, which is doing very

well. I think comedy clubs can be a part of our society because

it is a wonderful place for entertainment. I assume people will

show positive attitude towards standup comedy clubs. So we should

have comedy clubs like other counties.

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Methodology In this research I used two types of data,

primary and secondary. Upper middle class and upper class people

were my target group.

Primary data:

As an essential part of my research paper, primary

data got the most importance in my research. I have followed only

two methods interviewing as well as survey, to collect primary

data. I have taken interview from two categories--- a comedian

and a faculty member of North South University who knows a lot

about standup comedy. They have helped me a lot by providing

information according to their thoughts and knowledge. I also did

a survey to know what people think about standup comedy. The

responders were different aged upper middle class and upper class

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people.

Secondary data:

To collect my secondary data, I used standup comedy

related books, e-books, journal articles, internet article,

newspaper articles etc. . I also browsed the internet for

information. For example: Google, yahoo and Wikipedia.

Data Presentation

and Analysis

The data was gathered through survey and analysis is done

according to results found form the questions. There were total

of 10 questions and the survey was conducted among 30 people.

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Here the results and analysis are given below according

to these questions, along with some charts & graphs with the most

important questions-

Question 1: How is humor related to physical and mental health?

33%

63%

3%

How is humor related to physical and mental health ?

Increases immunity and reduces painReduces stressDoes not help at all

The purpose of this question was to find out what people

think about humor and do they think humor is related to physical

and mental health. From the survey I found that 33% of the

respondents think that humor increases immunity and helps to

reduce pain. On the other hand 64% of the respondents think that

it reduces pain. Rest 3% thinks that it doesn’t help at all. So

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it is clear that humor is related to physical and mental health.

People would love to be in touch of humor while they are in

stress or pain. It indicates that comedy club could be a great

place for people where they can enjoy comedy to reduce their pain

or stress. Humor is increasing immunity and reducing pain so we

can see that people are taking humor as positively. Some

respondents think that when they are in stress humor helps them

to reduce their stress. Some respondents think that humor does

not help at all because humor is not reducing their pain or

stress. Here we can see that people are using humor in a positive

way. Very few respondents are not taking humor seriously.

Question 2: Do you watch comedy programs on television?

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Yes, always

Yes, sometimes if I am free

No I am not interested

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

30.00%

66.70%

3.33%

Do you watch comedy programs on TV ?

Do you watch comedy programs on TV ?

Now a day’s comedy programs on television

channels are very popular. It is a very good source of

entertainment. The purpose of this question was to find whether

people watch comedy programs on television or not. So we asked

people whether they watch these kinds of program or not and found

that 30% of them always watch comedy program and 66.7% watch

comedy programs but not on a regular basis. Only 3.33%

respondents said that they don’t watch comedy programs on

television because they are not interested in comedy programs. So

we found out that majority of the respondents watch comedy

programs only if they are free. Watching comedy programs on

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television are very much related to time because majority of the

respondents are not watching programs if they are not free. Here

we can see that 30% of our responders always watch comedy

programs on televisions. So we can say that this 30 % people are

very much fond of comedy programs. 3.33% people are not

interested in comedy programs. They don’t watch comedy programs

on televisions at all. So I think if we have comedy clubs in

Bangladesh, it will not be a bad idea and people will show

positive attitude towards it.

Question 3: Do you feel in order to laugh or have some comedy in

our daily life it is necessary to go to the comedy club?

The purpose of this question was to find out people

thinking about comedy clubs and do they think it necessary to go

to comedy club to in order to laugh or have some comedy in our

daily life. From the survey I found out that 36.7% of the

respondents think that it is necessary to go to the comedy clubs

in order to laugh or have some comedy in our daily life because

it is a good source of entertainment. Majority of respondents

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laugh or have comedy in our daily life because we have other

sources of entertainment. This is actually true since we don’t

have comedy clubs like other countries still we can’t say that we

don’t have humor in our life. Even without comedy clubs people of

our country have comedy in their life. 36.7% people feel that

comedy club will help us to laugh or have comedy in our daily

life. I interview Professor Abdus Selim who is a faculty member

in North South University and according to him he thinks it is

not necessary but one can go there for experiencing something new

and have fun. According to Comedian Naveed Mahbub if people

really want to laugh or have fun, they should visit comedy clubs.

I think they are right in their own way because comedy club is a

new culture in our country and it’s a new source of

entertainment. It will entertain people in a new way.

Question 4: According to you, Bangladeshi people have_

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A grat sense of humor Moderate level of sense of humor

Low level of sense of humor

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

40.00%36.70%

23.30%

According to you Bangladeshi people have_

The purpose of this question was to find out what the

respondents think about their own countries people’s sense of

humor . 40% of the respondents think that Bangladeshi people have

great sense of humor. 36.7% of the respondents think that

Bangladeshi people have moderate sense of humor. 23.3% of the

respondents think that Bangladeshi have low level of sense of

humor. It is true that in Bangladesh sense of humor varies from

person to person. This is the main reason why 36.7% people went

for option B (Moderate sense of humor). This 40% indicates that a

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lot of people of Bangladesh have a positive attitude towards

comedy. So it is assumable that quite lot of people will show a

positive attitude towards standup comedy clubs. They will go

standup comedy clubs to have fun.

Question 5: Do you know other countries even India have comedy

clubs in their different cities?

73%

13%13%

Do you know other countries even India have comedy clubs in their

different cities?YesNoNever heard about comedy clubd

The purpose of this question was to find out about

people’s knowledge about comedy clubs and if they know that there

are comedy clubs in different countries even in India. Majority

of the respondents 74% knows that other countries even India have

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know that other countries have comedy clubs in their different

cities even India. Surprising that 13% of the respondents never

heard about comedy clubs. They didn’t have any idea about comedy

clubs. They are among those respondents who do not watch comedy

programs on television. 13% of the respondents heard about comedy

clubs but they don’t know which specific countries have comedy

clubs. But most of the respondents are aware about other

countries comedy club which is good indication for Bangladeshi

comedy clubs. These 74% of the respondents are those who either

have knowledge about comedy clubs or those who watch comedy shows

on television. So I think if we have comedy clubs like other

countries Bangladeshi people will show positive attitude towards

it.

Question 6: Do you think Bangladesh should have comedy clubs like

other countries?

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Yes, it is a place of entertaiment

No, it is not important

76.70%

23.30%

Do you think Bangladesh should have comedy clubs like other

countries ? Do you think Bangladesh should have comedy clubs like other countries ?

The purpose of this question was to find out what

people think about having standup comedy clubs in Bangladesh like

other countries. 76.7% of the respondents think that Bangladesh

should also have comedy clubs like other countries because it is

a place of entertainment. These are those who watch comedy

programs on television regularly. Only 23.3% of the respondents

think that it is not important to have comedy clubs like other

countries. These are those people who think we don’t need comedy

clubs because we have other sources of entertainment. So, we can

say that our respondents have a positive attitude towards both

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comedy and comedy clubs. As 77% of the respondents think that

comedy clubs are place of entertainment so I think we should have

comedy clubs like other countries. From the survey we previously

found out that people are watching comedy programs on televisions

and among them some are very fond of comedy programs so if we

have comedy clubs like other countries I think people will go to

comedy clubs to enjoy standup comedy. Responders are very

positive about having comedy clubs like other countries.

Question 7: A great place for entertainment could be (Rank from

1st-4th) _

This was a rank order question. The purpose of this

question was to find out the ranking of comedy clubs. Comedy

class was compared with other entertainment sources, music

concert, music café, movie and theater and others. 26.7%

respondents chose comedy club as their 1st choice, 36.7% chose

comedy club as their 2nd choice, 13.33% chose as their t3rd

choice and 20% as their 4th choice. 23.3% of the respondents

chose music concert as their 1st choice and 16.7% as their 2nd.

30% of the respondents chose movie and theater as their 1st

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choice and 33.3% as their 2nd choice. 16.7% of the respondents

chose music café as their 1st choice and 30% as their 2nd choice.

Lastly only 3.3% of the respondents chose others as their 1st

choice. 86.7% of them didn’t rank others among first four. We can

see here that most people prefer movie and theater as their 1st

choice and comedy club as their 2nd choice. So we can say comedy

club has a bright future in Bangladesh as most of the people

picked it as their 2nd choice for a great place of entertainment.

So there is great chance that people would consider comedy club

as their 1st choice if there are big comedy clubs in Bangladesh.

Question 8: Do you know there is a comedy club at Baridhara in

Dhaka?

Recently a comedy club has opened at Baridhara, Dhaka.

The club is run by Naveed Mahbub who is the owner of the club and

also a standup comedian. So we asked people whether they knew

about this or not. We found that 60% of the respondents did not

know about it. This was obvious since there was no massive

publicity about the club except in Facebook. Other 40% people

heard about the club may be from the Facebook or from their

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friends. So we needed to make people aware about the comedy club

to get the highest response. If more comedy clubs are launch in

Bangladesh people will know more about standup comedy clubs. But

we can see a positive side here, 40% of the respondents know

about comedy clubs despite there are very few standup comedy

clubs in our country. So I think standup comedy has a bright

future in Bangladesh.

Question 9: Now that you know about the club would you like to go

there?

Yes, would love to No May be, if I am free

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

27%

10%

63%

Now that you know about the club would you like to go there ?

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The purpose of this question was to find out if

people are interested to go to standup comedy clubs now that they

know what standup comedy club is. We can see here 26.7% of the

respondents would love to go to standup comedy club. These are

those people who watch comedy programs regularly, ranked comedy

club as their 1st choice and want standup comedy clubs in

Bangladesh. 10% of the respondents don’t want to go to comedy

clubs. These are those people who never heard about comedy clubs

and those who think Bangladesh should not have comedy clubs like

other countries because it is not important. Majority of the

responders 63.7% would go to comedy clubs if they are free. So we

can see here that most of them want to go there if they have

time. I know why they chose option C (may be, if I am free),

because Bangladeshi is developing country. People of Bangladesh

are hard working and they are always busy with their work. So

people want to go to standup comedy clubs when they are free. We

can take it as a positive sign towards comedy clubs prospect in

Bangladesh. More people will want to go to comedy clubs when they

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will hear more about comedy clubs from their friends or from

other medium like newspaper, magazines or radio.

Question 10: How can a comedy club contribute to our

entertainment?

This is an open ended question. The purpose behind

asking this question was to find out opinion about how a comedy

club can contribute to our entertainment. Some said comedy club

help them to refresh their mind, reduce their pain and stress.

After a long day of hard working if there could be a place where

people can go and laugh without any inhibition then definitely

people would want to go there. Some said comedy club will help to

build a nation with a great sense of humor where some other said

comedy club may help heart disease long-suffering. Some of the

respondents said comedy clubs will add something new to our

entertainment sources. Then again comedians also use satire in

their performance. It also helps to create awareness what wrongs

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of the person I interviewed) Bangladesh have fewer sources for

entertainment. He thinks that comedy clubs can bring some

difference in entertainment source. According to Mr. Naveed

Mahbub who is a standup comedian, comedy clubs entertain us

differently comparing to other entertainment sources. So we can

say most of the respondents think comedy club will contribute to

our society in a positive way.

Summary of Research

Findings

After analyzing these questions it is found that as a nation we like to have fun and want entertainment in our daily

life. We have good sense of humor. Comedy club is a great place

for pulling up the sense of humor. Majority of my respondents

think that we should have comedy clubs like other countries. Most

respondents chose comedy clubs as their 2nd for a great place for

entertainment. Majority of the respondents know that other

countries even India have comedy clubs. On the other side

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majority of them didn’t knew that we have a comedy club in Dhaka,

this is because of less publicity and advertisement. After

knowing about comedy clubs some people were very interested to go

to comedy clubs though most of them would like to go to comedy

clubs, if they are free. This is logical because people of our

country pass very busy time.

According to comedian Mr. Naveed Mahbub we should have

comedy clubs because it will give us the chance to enjoy

something different. Professor Abdus selim thinks that we should

have comedy clubs. According to him Bangladesh have very few

sources for entertainment and comedy clubs can be part of our

society because most part of the jokes are related to social and

political matters. Mr. Naveed Mahbub thinks people will show

positive attitude towards it because he is getting positive

response for his standup comedy club.

After analyzing the data we can see that most of my

assumptions are correct. People are showing positive attitude

towards standup comedy clubs. They want comedy clubs like other

countries. They think it will be a great place for entertainment.

Mr Naveed mahbub and Professor Abdus Selim also think that we

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should have comedy clubs. According to them it will make our

complicated life easier because it is a great place for

entertainment. So I think from this analysis I got positive

results about standup comedy clubs.

Recommendations

In Bangladesh few people are aware of comedy club and

its activities. To make people aware about comedy club, we need

to follow some promotional strategy. Once people become aware

about comedy club, they will be interested in comedy clubs’

comedy shows. As many \ people are getting interested about

comedy club in Bangladesh, we should try to use this interest to

make profit by establishing more big comedy clubs and making huge

promotion of the comedy shows so that people can consider standup

comedy shows as their 1st choice for entertainment.

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Conclusi

on Life is spicy with humor. We can’t separate ourselves

from humor. A true standup comedian always finds something funny.

It is their ability to make things funny. It is said that as long

as life is interesting or frustrating, a comedian will never run

out of funny material. But that is not true for all. We want to

laugh but making people laugh is very difficult. That’s why there

are thousands of comedy club around the world. They have become

source of unlimited fun and laughter for mass people. Comedians

are coming up with new material to entertain the audience.

Luckily we have already a comedy club in our country. Though this

is a new culture in our country but it is getting popular day by

day. Humor has a universal language. So if we can laugh by the

performances of foreign comedians why not laugh in our own

comedians with jokes related to our culture. That’s why I was

interested to work on this project and I was hoping to get a

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positive result and through my analysis it has been proved that

Bangladeshi people are showing positive attitude about comedy

clubs and they want comedy clubs like other countries.

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