the line where if someone isn’t
paying attention that closely they
may think Graham just made a racist remark. Graham says nothing
could be further from the truth.
“Really I’m spinning it and turning
it around to the people who are
saying it,” he explains. “Two of my
grandchildren are Puerto Rican so I
can’t be racist — I wouldn’t be able
to have Christmas!”
Graham says he generally starts
out his set with a little crowd
work (when a comedian inter-
acts with the audience) and then
works into his material. If he
finds himself having a hard time
selling his material, he’ll return to
crowd working.
“Crowd work is individual and
it’s new,” explained Graham. “It’s
almost instantly new and audiences are quicker than you think.
They can recognize when something is spontaneous. There’s just
something in the air. And if they
feel you have thought an original thought just for them, you’ve
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