Japanify lesson of the day: Manzai (漫才).
Similar to the two-man comedy routine of Abbott and Costello, Manzai is the concept of comedy based on one person being boke, or the funny man, and the other being tsukkomi, or the straight man, usually one who tries to reason with the funny man's intellect.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
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