Read:"Native American Stand Up Comedy Epideictic Strategies in the Contact Zone" by Amanda Lynch Morris

Watch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bp5BAJfk4Q.

Then, go through the playlist to see which comedians you enjoy the most here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIEkt6ADRdy4o9fcWH0s0lB8555lUy_sC

Respond tothe following

1. How do the American Indian scholars (Morris) and stand-up comedians characterize Native American humor and the genre of stand-up comedy?

2. Morris includes comments by American Indian comedians on the difference between performing for Native versus non-Native audiences. What role do you believe an audience's identity plays in responding to the humor of a minority comedian? Do you feel as if you, a student of writing, fail to grasp the entirety of a comedian's jokes whose identity you do not share?

3. Thinking about theNative American Comedy Slam Playlist, pick one comedian and identify how they get laughs using epideictic rhetorical strategies. What other comedic rhetorical strategies do they employ? UsingKenneth Burke's dramatist pentad chart this comedian's performance.