What family therapists can learn from stand-up comics and those who heckle them

Fred Piercy; Valerie Glass; Jake Johnson; Brandon Bigby; Annie Bao; Jason Austin

doi:10.1080/08975353.2013.792706

What family therapists can learn from stand-up comics and those who heckle them

Fred Piercy^*, Valerie Glass, Jake Johnson, Brandon Bigby, Annie Bao, Jason Austin

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Abstract

The focus of this adapted consensual qualitative research analyses is the content of the documentary film, Heckler (Kennedy & Addis, 2007), produced by comedian Jamie Kennedy. The film is examined in terms of the methods comics use to deal with hecklers. Specifically, this article explores what stand-up comics and hecklers teach us and what the theory and practice of family therapy has to say about heckling and, more generally, societal incivility.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	110-128
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Family Psychotherapy
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2013.792706
State	Published - Apr 1 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

consensual qualitative research
couple therapy
criticism
family therapy
heckling
incivility
power
symmetrical escalation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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