I end every set with the words, "My name is Brian Majore. Thank you for listening." I'm not sure when I started doing this, but it's part of my routine now.
And that's all I ask from an audience. I want them to listen to what I have to say. I would like them to laugh, don't get me wrong, that's the objective. But if they're not going to laugh, they should at least listen. If the audience listens to what I have to say, they will learn something about me, they will learn what it is like for me as a Native person living in what is now Canada. And that's what I want them to take away from my show. I want them to walk away from my show with a better understanding of what it is like for us. Thomas King says he is holding up a mirror to White society and saying, "See, this is what it's like." I feel like I'm doing something similar.
Thank you for listening.
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