Non-Toxic Suggestions
The practice of rejecting audience suggestions that target identity, stereotype, or shock — and the pedagogy for training suggest-takers to do it gracefully.
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- Common approach: asking for specific, neutral categories ('an object,' 'a location,' 'a profession') instead of open 'give me anything.'
- Suggest-taker technique: redirect without shaming ('let's get another one') — keeps audience engaged without lecturing.
- Generation-split: older Chicago school performers sometimes frame this as 'censorship'; younger performers frame it as craft.
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