The Life And Death Of A Stand-Up
Apr 27th, 2013 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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He believed he had the crowd in the palm of his hand, teasing them, provoking them, then hitting them with the punchline when they least expected. He heard their laughter. They were his.
But then she interrupted. She told him to stop. She told him she was offended.
Suddenly, they were lost. They hated her, but it didn’t matter. She may have committed the sin in their eyes, but he was unable to respond and so he’d lost his grip on authority.
She was the awful one but he was the one they took outside and shot in the head.
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