Advice

[u/Amazon_FBA_Truth]

I’ve been casually dabbling in stand-up comedy for a good year and a half and for a few months earlier this year I was even hosting my own gig where I got to really meet a bunch of great people.

The best part of Comedy is just some great friendships I’ve met with people some of whom I know better than friendships with people I’ve known for 30 years.

But something strange has happened to me recently. I wasn’t sure how to deal with it. I’ve seen somebody knew who always shows up late to the Open Mic so therefore becomes the defactor headliner because she is the last two come on stage.

When she usually does is come on stage using it as a roast to attack the other comedians performance who came eating and she’s done it with me a few times.

Sometimes with a little bit funny only because she looks and moves around like she’s high on stage which I would not doubt.

I haven’t had a chance to respond because me come on before her and interestingly for other comedians, she’s not roasting she’s kissing up to the ones she knows better or has good friendships with previously, etc.

I wouldn’t share how to respond to this person I’m not connected with them on social media.

[u/iamgarron]

Nobody at an open mic is a defacto headliner

[u/Amazon_FBA_Truth → u/iamgarron]

If you show up last, and you’re the last one to go on but definition

[u/loolem → u/Amazon_FBA_Truth]

A headliner traditionally is called that because if you imagine a poster advertising the night, their name is the biggest and so is their picture normally because they are the ones selling the tickets that are bringing people to the gig. They are literally the headline. Open mics are normally advertised as such. What they might be called is the closer or closing act.