https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv Add the Golden Lines from the Gillota text that illustrate his main argument and/or his main supporting ideas. en-us 2022-10-05 01:16:00 UTC 2026-01-13 23:32:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328040510 Main Point:
"American stand-up resonates not --only with the classic model of the "individual vs. society" but also with more contemporary conversations about "identity politics." The stand-up performance, which always entails an individual performer speaking directly to a group, dramatizes an ongoing struggle between individuality and collectivity. While some stand-ups may position themselves as spokespersons for "everybody" or for the entire nation (even as they claim individuality), most stand-ups also represent the point-of-view of a particular demographic defined by race, gender, class, or sexual orientation."

Supporting Point: 
"Not all stand-up comedy works this way. In fact, some of the culture's most visible stand-up (such as the opening monologues of late-night talk show hosts) primarily reinforce mainstream values. More significantly, over the last several decades we have also seen an enormous rise in comedians who eschew the rhetoric of individualism in order to generate a brand of humor that speaks directly to and on behalf of a particular group of people."]]> 2022-10-05 17:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328040510 https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328040776 While some stand-ups may position themselves as spokespersons for "everybody" or for the entire nation (even as they claim individuality), most stand-ups also represent the point-of-view of a particular demographic defined by race, gender, class, or sexual orientation.]]> 2022-10-05 17:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328040776 https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328041205 "In her study of female comedians, Joanne Gilbert argues that by "drawing on their shared history of oppressions, marginal comics serve as licensed social critics, using rhetorical strategies such as self-deprecation to critique and sometimes subvert the status quo"]]> 2022-10-05 17:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328041205 https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328041271 "American stand-up resonates not only with the classic model of the "individual vs society" but also with more contemporary conversations about "identity politics." 

"Stand-up is therefore an essentially fluid art form that will not adhere to any single or totalizing definition."

"This emphasis on collectivity, while making possible many civil rights victories, has also muddied the water of what American means today. What is the position of the individual in a culture emphasizing collectivity? David Hollinger suggests that group affiliations designed to increase individual freedom can actually inhibit it:"

"Another important question raised in the wake of identity politics is whether or not the category American can still have real meaning in a culture in which many individuals construct their identity primarily in relation to smaller groups."]]> 2022-10-05 17:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328041271 https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328043011 Stand-up is therefore an essentially fluid art form that will not adhere to any single or totalizing definition. The selves that stand-ups construct onstage are neither stable nor complete, and in a single performance, a comedian may align himself or herself both with and against multiple group affiliations.]]> 2022-10-05 17:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328043011 https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328045421 "The Art of American stand-up is thus a constant negotiation between individual expression and group interest." This quote helps the audience understand identity politics and how it relates to American stand-up comedy.

"The selves that stand-ups construct onstage are neither stable nor complete, and in a single performance, a comedian may align himself or herself both with and against multiple group affiliations."
This quote reveals how Gillota's argument is that the American identity is an ongoing practice.

"The ways in which stand-up comedians in the United States use their medium as an avenue through which to explore different and often competing aspects of their identity." This quote explains how comedians use their material/ content to identity themselves in a specific subculture/ group affiliation.



]]> 2022-10-05 17:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328045421 https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328046277  The stand-up performance, which always entails an individual performer speaking directly to a group, dramatizes an ongoing struggle between individuality and collectivity. While some stand-ups may position themselves as spokespersons for "everybody" or for the entire nation (even as they claim individuality), most stand-ups also represent the point-of-view of a particular demographic defined by race, gender, class, or sexual orientation.
The stand-up comedian continuously vacillates between the role of community spokesperson, reinforcing values that are already taken for granted by a culture or subculture, and that of the outsider, critiquing and challenging dominant ideology.]]> 2022-10-05 17:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328046277 https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328050941 “As a negotiation of American Identity formation, stand up comedy can be viewed as a real world counterpart to an ongoing discussion on what it means to to be an American”.]]> 2022-10-05 17:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/stakeuchi1/knu3m6ewrmkd1dcv/wish/2328050941