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  Comedians have it easy. The laughs tell you you’re getting it right, that out there in the darkness beyond the lights there’s an audience and the audience is with you. You only need 20% of them to be with you at any one time, as their enthusiasm carries the rest along, hopefully, to the next high point. You’re really cracking it when over half are laughing all the time.   True performers listen. They wait for the laughter to die away before continuing. Jack Dee is a master of this. He’s puzzled and affronted by the world. His reaction to our reaction creates a feedback loop that intensifies the hysteria until everyone’s in stitches.   Is there a way this technique of using audience feedback to heighten an experience can be deployed without being … Read entire article »