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Deadpan is not so much a type of joke as a mode of delivery, a manner of address to an audience that often provokes nervous laughter. Comedian Nathan Fielder’s persona is marked by deadpan. In his hit ...

Odyssey has previously written for a film website, worked at a children's film festival and has a Masters in Film Studies. Deadpan characters can be divisive as they borderline on being anti-humor.

Deadpan is not so much a type of joke as a mode of delivery, a manner of address to an audience that often provokes nervous laughter. What makes deadpan feel so off, so destabilizing, so dryly funny?