Inside the Stand-Up Roundtable: Fear, Fame, and Being 'Fuckable' on Stage
Five top stand-ups—Nikki Glaser, Wanda Sykes, Leanne Morgan, Julio Torres and Marc Maron—sit for THR’s Stand-Up Emmy Roundtable to discuss how fear, audience expectations, and changing gatekeepers shape modern comedy, from bombing and political risk to fashioning a stage persona and the push-pull between being liked and staying true to their voice in a evolving media landscape.