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Originally Posted by Guernsey
Is Japanese humor fast paced? I heard that something called the Boke and Tsukkiomi (forgive if this is a misspelling) similar to the straight man and funnny man but is as fast paced as they make it sound on some shows and most live performances? Can anyone elaborate for me?
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If you've ever seen an Abbott&Costello routine (like "
Who's on First"), you have a good approximation of the whole concept.
It is often fast-paced... but they also make great use of pauses ("wait for it...") and facial expressions including "break 4th wall" type of glances at the audience.
Google on All-Hanshin Kyojin (
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/list_from_c...1028&media=DVD).
The comedy style is called "manzai" (you can google up youtube examples).