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Originally Posted by forum ferret
Question for you! How do you approach something like this as a comic? Are you the type to focus in on people in the audience and kind of riff at them eye to eye? Like I could see it being a challenge trying to transition from doing gigs with small crowds where it's easy to see audience members and develop a rapport with them, and then going to a very large crowd where there is just like a sea of faces.
First off, show was awesome. I had a great set (did about 16 minutes), Demetri killed for an hour, and he was very nice and humble to talk to. Demetri will be releasing a new Netflix special in the next 1-2 months!
As for your question, there was a very bright spotlight on me so I could barely see the first row of people, let alone the huge crowd behind them. This isn't necessarily any different than at a comedy club; some clubs have lighting where you can see a lot of the crowd, and others you're just as blind as this.
In a show of this magnitude I wasn't planning on riffing with the crowd anyway. I do a couple bits that require some slight audience interaction but it's pretty fool proof and doesn't require me to see them. I was a little worried about how certain material would translate to a very large crowd, but every bit worked very well and got a big response.