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Artists at Melbourne International Comedy Festival are asking: what does it mean to be a comedian?

By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, Tutor in English & Theatre, The University of Melbourne
Sarah Balkin, Senior Lecturer, English and Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne

Across this year’s festival, a variety of shows demonstrated some Australian audiences are ready for uncomfortable comedy and complex personae.

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