098: Wayne Deakin – Overcoming the wilful ignorance in comedy

When you start out in comedy, you're looking for stuff that is
funny. When you get good, you find stuff you want to talk about,
and make that funny. So says comedian Wayne Deakin, a 20 plus
year veteran of stand-up comedy who has performed in London, New
York, Las Vegas, Montreal, all over Australia, AND to Aussie
troops in the Middle East.


In this School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast episode straight
shooter 'Deaks' shares his philosophy on taboo topics, discusses
the wilful ignorance of audiences, and shares great advice for up
and comers who prefer to perform more edgy topics.


And if you enjoy this interview with comedian Wayne Deakin, you
might be interested to learn that he's our guest comedy coach at
the School of Hard Knock Knocks stand-up comedy course in
Melbourne this September. Check
out www.schoolofhardknockknocks.com for more
information and to sign up.


And now, here's host Steve Davis, and comedian Wayne Deakin


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