As a brief introduction, this paper was assigned to me during a English course called: American Humor. The topic that the
professor gave out to the students was to choose two
comedians and compare and contrast their styles of comedy. Quite simple right? As a big fan of Chris Rock's stand-up performances, I elected to use him as my centerpiece and have Margaret Cho and John Lequizamo, who I also love, as comparisons to him. The main theme shared between all of the comedians is that they all use their
culture in their acts to arrive at one common goal, which is to make people laugh. In my essay I give examples of how the comedians use their culture and the various cultural aspects that are selected.