The Darktown Poker Club (recording)
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"The Darktown Poker Club" is a classic comic monologue recording by vaudeville star Bert Williams, showcasing his dry humor and storytelling about a chaotic poker game.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy recording
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comic monologue recording ⓘ spoken word recording ⓘ |
| associatedArtForm |
African-American popular entertainment
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vaudeville ⓘ |
| associatedPerformer | Bert Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
slow, deliberate pacing
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use of dialect typical of its era ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| features | comic monologue about a chaotic poker game ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | narrator involved in a poker game ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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monologue ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTheme |
cheating at cards
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comic chaos at a poker table ⓘ gambling ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 20th-century American vaudeville comedy ⓘ |
| humorStyle | dry humor ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | popular entertainment audiences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person storytelling ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | single extended anecdote ⓘ |
| narrator | Bert Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Bert Williams’s dry, understated delivery
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storytelling-driven comedy ⓘ |
| performanceType | vaudeville routine ⓘ |
| performedBy | vaudeville star Bert Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Bert Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | vaudeville comedy ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
card game mishaps
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comic misunderstanding ⓘ poker game ⓘ |
| title | The Darktown Poker Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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ironic ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
character-based humor
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exaggeration for comic effect ⓘ situational comedy ⓘ |
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