Kevin Hart's Stand Up Comedy

As a young comedian he began by using his memories to become his jokes and forget about them by laughing.

Christopher Julius Rock, better known as Chris Rock is a stand-up comedian and has two comedy albums. He was born in Andrews, South Carolina and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, and currently lives in Alpine New Jersey. Chris has been doing standup comedy for over 20 years. He was discovered by another comedian/actor, Eddie Murphey. Not only is Chris a comedian, but he is also an actor, screen writer, and producer. Chris first starring movie was Beverly Hills Cop II, he went on to star in Death at a funeral, Grown Ups, The Longest Yard, I’m Gonna get you Sucka, A. I. Artificial Intelligence, Madagascar, Down to Earth, Top Five, and many others.

Kevin Hart’s experience would later prove has a source for his comic genius. “The jokes come from real

When it comes to comedy there are many great comedians. The Original Kings of Comedy is a group of four comedy legends that we can always count on for laughter and fun. In this group, we have Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Bernie Mac and Cedric the Entertainer who are all gifted comedians who can sell out shows at any venue.

At this stage, I do not know much about Kevin Harts’ life, besides what he has included in the sets that I’ve watched. Some of the things that I have learned is that he had a troubled childhood due to his father’s life choices. His father was an addict, and had altercations in bars, which Kevin witnessed and made jokes to deal with it. He also has two kids, a boy and a girl, which sometimes are brought up in the standup sets, mostly at the expense of the children. The majority of Kevin’s appeal is centered around his height, which is a commonly referenced joke both by himself, and others, which does not seem to bother him anymore if he is able to make light of it himself. I think that the beginning of Mr. Hart’s life is what led him to be a

Kevin Hart was born on July 6, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for being a comedian doing stand-up comedy and for being an actor. He was raised by his mother, Nancy, and is the youngest of two boys. His father, Henry Hart, battled with cocaine addiction and was in and out of jail, so he was rarely around during Kevin Hart’s childhood. However, since Kevin’s childhood, his father has cleaned himself up and the two of them have reconnected. Kevin Hart took to comedy as a way to relieve himself from all of his pain that he endured during his childhood. He used humor as a coping mechanism to make everyone laugh about the situations that he has been through. “The jokes,” he has said on his stand-up, “come from a real experience” (biography.com editors). As a kid, he was really into stand-up comedy and comedians. Hart named Chris Tucker and J.B. Smoove as the most influential comedians to him. Soon after he graduated from high school, he had begun to work as a stand-up comedian. He traveled to New York City, Brockton, Massachusetts and Los Angeles. He started off doing stand-up comedy in small clubs with his stage name as ‘Lil’ Kev the Bastard’. He won several amateur stand-up performances, which encouraged him to perform in clubs around the country. ABC gave Hart his own sitcom called The Big House, which was cancelled after only six episodes. Hart did not sit with that loss, instead he rebounded quickly. He starred in various movies such as Soul Plane, The

Belton discusses the contrast between the words and actions, specifically the manner in which men will speak of highly sexualized topics but be very innocent themselves. This again goes towards capturing the attention of female counterparts. Belton also states that a large factor of geek comedy is that it entails highly sexualized beginnings which turn into love interests and lasting relationships. It is movies like “Knocked Up”, “Easy A”, “Juno” and “40 Year Old Virgin” that prove this theme to be apparent within this subgenre. Ben and Allison initially start out as a one night stand and by the end of the film have found a greater connection and relationship. In “Easy A”, the initial sexual acts may be fictitious, but still follows the theme

William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian. He first gained exposure on Saturday Night Live for which he earned his first Emmy Award and later went on to star in comedy films, including Meatballs (1979), Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), Tootsie (1982), Ghostbusters (1984), Scrooged (1988), What About Bob? (1991), and Groundhog Day

During his stand up he will usually talk about an experience he has or something his audience can relate to and he will sort of act the event as using different imitations of people in the events adding comedic effects. He has also been known to use politicals topics to make jokes but his humor is not the cleanest kind. But, he has received backlash over the years for the type of jokes he makes especially the political ones which some people took to heart and disagreed, but this is to be expected as no comedy is humorous to

Robin Williams is a Chicago-grown American man who is best known for his fast-paced improvisational humor and for the star he received on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 12th, 1990. (A&E bio.com). Despite any of the struggles he had and challenges he encountered in his personal life, Robin Williams' career still largely affected America and provided quality entertainment and joy to millions and millions of people. Robins childhood, as ordinary as it seemed, was a big contributor to his career later on. Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago, IL on July 21st, 1951.

One reason Kevin Hart should have won the Comedian of the year award is because of his awards. Kevin Hart has won the Kids Choice award, MTV movie award, and the People’s choice award [imdb.com]. He won the Kids choice awards because of his starring in The Secret Life of Pets as the bunny Snowball [usatoday.com] He won the MTV movie award because of his movie Central Intelligence [eonline.com].

He then joined the cast of the Second City Theatre where he was then discovered by Lorne Michaels who was the producer for Saturday Night Live. Once the producer of SNL saw Chris the rest was history. I chose Chris Farley as my third favorite actor because he was undoubtedly one of my favorite comedians. Growing up I would watch Saturday Night live and love to see him perform because he was so funny. He was funny in the movies he starred in with Adam Sandler and although his life was cut short due to addiction, his contribution to comedy has not been

In 1989, Murphy entered the cinematic scene in Harlem Nights, a black comedy and crime movie directed by his brother. He also held minor roles in Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues and Jungle Fever. In the early 2000s, Murphy cemented his status as a comedic figure in Chappelle’s Show. Fans will remember Murphy and Chappelle's hilarious sketch series, “True Hollywood Stories,” where reenacted Murphy’s over-the-top encounters with Rick James and Prince. After Chappelle's Show, Murphy acted in various movies and TV shows as well as performing stand-up comedy, notably I Will Not Apologize and Acid Trip.

Situational comedies draw connections between the realm of television life and reality. These shows are successful due to the realistic scenarios and mishaps that shape the lives of each individual character. The Office is a “mockumentary”, or parody documentary, that follows a small paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania that is led by narcissistic boss, Michael Scott (Steve Carrell). Episode 12 of season 2, “The Injury” is a summary of the overall show, as it exhibits Michael’s desire to feel wanted and Dwight Schrute’s (Rainn Wilson) longing for his superior’s approval. Throughout the entirety of the show’s nine seasons, Michael continues to go to outlandish lengths for public approval, and Dwight continues to do equally embarrassing things

The difference between the intended meaning of media texts and what the audience actually perceives can be shockingly different. Producers of media can do everything possible to force audiences to experience their work in the way they want them to, but in the end they still take away many different meanings even within the same audience. Stuart Hall outlines this in his encoding and decoding model. One of the most apparent examples of this is the television show South Park. The television show South Park is a media text with the producers’ preferred meaning of being decoded as joke or as being satire, but many audience members take an oppositional stance of taking it seriously. This is clear from the examples of controversy when South Park aired episodes focused on Scientology, red-headed people, and Islam. Through these examples it is demonstrated that the producers of media have less power compared to the audience in determining the meaning of media.