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A question for open mic hosts (self.Standup)
submitted 1 day ago by PoisonSpankingCentral PA @barndogkarck
I run an open mic that for reasons I don't understand has a consistent non comic audience week to week. Because of this, I feel an obligation to make the show entertaining so the audience keeps coming back and the bar keeps making money.
The last couple weeks, I've had a comic show up who repeatedly ruins any kind of energy and momentum, and makes the crowd extremely uncomfortable. He does this by talking at length about putting molly in girls' drinks and raping them. He does not tell jokes about this, he just kind of talks. On one occasion, when given the light, he spent his final minute pointing out which women in the audience he wants to fukk.
I find this to be pretty unacceptable. It's in my power to ban him from the mic, but I'm torn, because I know I made crowds uncomfortable when I was starting out, and nobody told me I wasn't allowed to do it. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who cares about getting better, though. At what point do you decide the comfort/enjoyment of the audience is more important than the openness of your mic?
submitted 1 day ago by PoisonSpankingCentral PA @barndogkarck
I run an open mic that for reasons I don't understand has a consistent non comic audience week to week. Because of this, I feel an obligation to make the show entertaining so the audience keeps coming back and the bar keeps making money.
The last couple weeks, I've had a comic show up who repeatedly ruins any kind of energy and momentum, and makes the crowd extremely uncomfortable. He does this by talking at length about putting molly in girls' drinks and raping them. He does not tell jokes about this, he just kind of talks. On one occasion, when given the light, he spent his final minute pointing out which women in the audience he wants to fukk.
I find this to be pretty unacceptable. It's in my power to ban him from the mic, but I'm torn, because I know I made crowds uncomfortable when I was starting out, and nobody told me I wasn't allowed to do it. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who cares about getting better, though. At what point do you decide the comfort/enjoyment of the audience is more important than the openness of your mic?
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at the same time.