Lesson 27 · Conversation moves · 5 min · Playful tease
Roast the situation, not the people
The safest target in any room is the room
The big ideaVenues, weather, the Wi-Fi, the slow elevator: situations can't get their feelings hurt, and everyone's experiencing them together. They're the perfect target.
Watch the pro do it
Watch forNormand roasts the city, to the city's face, and the crowd loves it. Notice the target: the place and its quirks, which everyone in the room shares. Nobody in the audience is singled out, so everybody's in on it.
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Santino roasts a place and a scene, not a person. Roasting a situation is the safest kind of teasing, because the venue can't get hurt.