Word: fluffer
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...namely curious about whether or not sitcoms use laugh tracks. They don’t…well at least not this one. In the audience there was a “fluffer”—a comedian who keeps the audience entertained between takes. The fluffer also passed out copious amounts of chocolate to increase our giddiness. I don’t think any of us found the show funny, yet magically we were all laughing hysterically...
...Journal"'s closest competition, the weekly "Comics Buyer's Guide" and monthly "Wizard" put their focus on comicbooks as a collectible commodity, with huge valuation charts taking up the bulk of pages. Hopelessly tied up with this volatile market, their editorial content works like the "fluffer" on pornographic film sets, trying desperately to keep the spent mainstream superhero books going for one more round. They perpetuate a view of the medium as a form of childish investment, a dead end, rather than a foil for adult, artistic expression with endless possibilities...
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