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>, dustbird
<dustbird@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
> I think that raconteuring is the greatest, probably the most
difficult,
>form of humor. I define it as amusing, but factual stories about people
one
>knows well, probably about relatives that the listeners would
recognize,and
>the humor would be truthful but not caustic. No word play, puns, satire,
>parody. It seems to be rare these days. Is it a lost art form?
>
>
There's a branch of storytelling that still happily does personal tales
- some tellers doing exclusively those in their repertoire, some mixing
with traditional tales. These are often told for humour. You might well
find Dan Kedding entertaining in this area, Rudi and the Rollerskate,
that sort of thing.
--
Kevin Blackburn SfS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Society for Storytelling website is at http://www.sfs.org.uk
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