Deadpan is not so much a type of joke as a mode of delivery, a manner of address to an audience that often provokes nervous laughter. Comedian Nathan Fielder’s persona is marked by deadpan. In his hit ...
Stand-up comedian and professional violist Isabel Hagen performed at Bing Concert Hall Studio on Jan. 16. As both a classical musician and a stand-up comedian, Hagen often gets asked if she ever ...
Deadpan is not so much a type of joke as a mode of delivery, a manner of address to an audience that often provokes nervous laughter. What makes deadpan feel so off, so destabilizing, so dryly funny?