A stand-up comedian is, supposed to be, a fluent communicator who is also good at using body language to 1 jokes.
However, for 27-year-old comedian Zhang Jiaxin, it takes a great effort to 2 pronounce the sounds of each character and sentence and be 3 on the stage. At birth, the oxygen 4 to his brain was curtailed (限制，削减), which 5 later problems with speaking and walking. The other long-term impairment is the loss of full use of his right hand.
It was two years ago when Zhang first performed stand-up comed yon the stage. At the time, he worked for the new media operation department of a company 6 in Xiamen, Fujian province, and had to prepare for a performance at the company's year-end party.
He didn't know much about stand-up performance.7 , as someone who likes to watch and be amused by entertainment shows from a very young age, he decided to give a humorous monologue at the party to amuse and 8 his colleagues.
It opened Zhang's door to a colorful world of stand-up comedy.
He started to pay attention to the stand-up comedy live shows in Xiamen and got the 9 of a woman who worked at a local stand-up club.
"She sent me some videos of Drew Lynch (an American stand-up comic who developed a(an)10 stutter (结巴) due to a sports injury earlier in his life) and told me that my defects are what make my appeal special," he says. "That 11 me to have a go. "
After he read through a manual for writing and performing stand-up comedy, he started to 12his daily life to identify humorous 13 that could be used as jumping-off points to launch into stories.
Once he walked onto the stage, the audience 14 noticed his differences.
"15 , they were kind of walking on eggshells to spare my feelings. As I gradually opened myself to them, the atmosphere turned to be relaxing," he says.
Wows and claps resounded. His jokes went down well as he worked the room with his humor.
