One of the classic styles of Japanese comedy is 漫才 (manzai), a stand-up sketch routine usually involving a "clown" and a straight man, lots of puns or misunderstandings and a smattering of head-slapping, all delivered at high speed. A variant of this is コント (konto), a kind of short comedy sketch that focuses on a bizarre situation or encounter. Here's a fine example from the Japanese comedians Un-Jash, with confusion and misunderstanding firmly in charge.
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AuthorI'm David O'Keefe. I live and work in Bristol and I've been the organiser of Bristol Japan Club since 1996. Archives
October 2013
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