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Documentingthecreativebrillianceandpassionofthreestand-upcomediansworkingthecomedyclubcircuitinthe“flyoverzones”ofmiddleAmerica,RoadComics:BigWorkonSmallStagesexploresexpectationsofwhereandhowcomedythrivestodayintheUnitedStates.Anthropologistandfirst-timefilmmakerSusanSeizerfollowscomediansStewartHuff,TimNorthern,andKristinKeyastheyearntheirlivingontheroad,pausingalongthewaytodiscussthebusinessofbeingfunnywithregionalclubowners.<br/> RoadComicsshowcasestheactualworkthatgoesintodevelopingjokesandtellingstories.StewartHuffspinslivelytalesabouthisadventuresamongamazinglyordinarypeople,thekindyoumightmeetatCrackerBarrelortheDairyQueen,intheprocessshakingupanysenseofwhatdidanddidn’t,orcouldandcouldn’t,reallyhappen.KristinKeycommandsthestagewithbravuraandaself-deprecatingself-consciousness,strummingandpluckingfamiliarityoutofall-too-commonhumanfoibles,oursandherown.TimNorthern’scomicstyleistoswingataballandwaitforittoland,andslowlyrollalongthegreen,untilhehearsthesatisfyingclunkoftheaudiencegettinghisdry,wittywordplay.Craftingtheirnightlyworksoutofourshareddailylives,thesethreecomicsconnectwithaudienceswhoappreciatethehumortheydrawoutoftheslowquirkinessoflivesnotmadeforTV.Intercuttingperformancefootageandinterviewswiththecomicsandclubowners,RoadComicsshowsusthatbeingfunnyisnotanexclusivelycoastalcommodity.