| In recent years,as “pan-entertainment” keeps deepening and developing,people's admiration for hedonism has unknowingly magnified the entertainment function of modern media.As a result,entertainment programs that uphold the banner of pleasure have been mushrooming.In 2017,when online variety shows were booming,China's online broadcast platforms started to see stand-up comedy shows.As a new and emerging kind of program,stand-up comedy shows are well-liked by the audience for they convey a positive and optimistic attitude towards life in a relaxed and humorous manner.Therefore,by virtue of pleasure-relevant theory,this paper explores multiple pleasures that stand-up comedy shows construct for the audience in three stages: before,during and after watching stand-up comedy shows.Additionally,the motivation behind the pleasure construction of stand-up comedy shows,ways of expressing pleasure,and the cultural significance that the show wants to convey other than pleasure are analyzed in detail.Meanwhile,problems that emerge when stand-up comedy shows go too far in pursuing pleasure are also revealed to provide reference and suggestions for the development of other entertainment programs and variety shows. |
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