In a world where our attention spans are shrinking to dangerously low levels thanks to social media — hey, look a bird! — successful comedians who perform 30-minute sets, make reels, write books and host podcasts, have no choice but to demand all the space in your mind to ensure they are consumed.
Is that why they tend to make random statements and crack peculiar jokes to hold a rowdy crowd that is heckling, drifting away or incessantly doom-scrolling? Two of the three panellists — Anuradha Menon and Cyrus Broacha — who will be at The Hindu’s Lit Fest 2024 as part of the session May I Have Your Attention Please?: How To Hold An Audience on January 26 along with Kanan Gill, go into the details of how they compete with videos of slime that get over two million views.
