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David Swindle 🟦's avatar

Her skills are probably much more apparent when she is performing in front of a friendly audience, which is what I witnessed on many occasions.

But my point is that when people used to get so mad at her 20 years ago for saying inappropriate things, she was almost always just joking and intentionally baiting people. And it worked.

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Yeah, she's also been more of an entertainer than anything else. But, in terms of standup, making a friendly crowd laugh is far far far easier than making a room of strangers laugh.

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David Swindle 🟦's avatar

Anyone else on the list catch your eye?

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