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Why comedy clubs love exposed brick

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You thought stand-up comedians stood in front of exposed brick because it looks edgy and raw? Think again. The first comedy club, the Improv, literally just had a ruined wall that the owner was too cheap to plaster over. The aesthetic stuck, and now every club forces comics to bomb in front of aggressively fake masonry.

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