LOL, textspeak for ‘laughing out loud’ has rarely been more compelling outside the virtual world than in these times when ironically there hasn’t been much to smile about. After months of being locked out of what a standup comic does best—take center stage in a small room and look for laugh lines on the faces of his audience that often help them determine their self-worth — Vaibhav Sethia readied himself to tickle a flesh-and-blood audience three weeks ago.
For two hours on a Saturday night, the comic told jokes. At first to a crowd of two and then nine, their faces obscured by masks even as organizers at That Comedy Club in Bandra—a venue designed for ten times that number—urged them to indulge in some audible laughter in acknowledgment of the hilarity. “It took me back to my early years when even six people in the audience meant a full house,” said Sethia, glad that the laughter and his muscle memory were still alive. “I’d been yearning to get back on stage and it felt good to wear full pants, carry my own mic and get back in rhythm.”
This story is from the November 29, 2020 edition of The Times of India Mumbai.
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