Dwayne Perkins

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My hero is not someone you would see on the news doing great and big things. He’s not going out pulling people out of burning buildings or even getting cats out of trees for old ladies (well I wouldn’t think so). He’s just doing his thing day in and day out, and all the while he is making people laugh, and as everyone knows laughter is the best form of medicine. My hero is Dwayne Perkins. He’s a up and rising comedian from the Brooklyn. He’s been performing around the country since 1996 and is just now really starting to get a bigger audience. He hasn’t gotten the seemingly over night success in today’s world like many other comedians like Cedric the Entertainer or Steve Harvey. But when you think about it their careers have been them working for years and finally getting that big shot that launched their career. So if you are going off of past comedians, then you could very well say that Dwayne is right on track.

Dwayne with Bill Cosby (dwayneperkins.com/with_cosby.html )

Dwayne had been working as a comedian for about 4 years until he got some more national publicity. He had about a minute clip of him during one of his highlight acts on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend. While this isn’t a lot of coverage about him it still gave people that didn’t live in the big cities of New York and L.A a chance to see him and his comedy. Then for a while he got on some shows like Late Friday and Comic Remix that got him more air time. But what really set him off was him competing in the Star Search show. He got all the way to the semi-finals. This was his greatest break yet. From there he got his own half hour special on Comedy Central. With all his hard work he’s put into being a comedian has started to pay off. And now he’s even started up an acting career, and has been seen in commercials and movies.

Dwayne with Keenan Wayans (http://www.dwayneperkins.com/with_wayans.html )

Now you may ask, well why any of this matters. Well what matters is that for one thing comedy isn’t an easy job to get into. You don’t have a minimum yearly earnings and there might not be someone that is there giving you work and telling you what to do. You, in a way, are on your own to make it big or fail. And that determination to go after your goals for almost 5 years without any national recognition is a very hard thing to do. Now I’m not saying that he was in it for the money, but every once and a while it’s nice to know what your doing is getting to people and making a difference in their lives.

Also putting yourself out there for the whole world to see and judge is something that is easier said than done. There are many people that are in the eye of the nation. The president, other politicians, actors, singers, TV hosts even all of those people are hoping that the nation will like them. And even though their main jobs are different their goal is the same, to please the nation. And comedians take the job and run with it. You can’t make people laugh if you don’t have a friendly personality. And then you have to be able to relate to people so that the jokes don’t just fly over the audience’s heads. So you really have to know your audience to make them laugh with you. So that in itself is a hard thing. On top of that you have to make this story that makes people laugh. All the while you can’t repeat old jokes or situation without losing the respect and attention of the audience. So when you think about it the job of a comedian is very complex.

Dwayne with Cedirc the Entertainer (http://www.dwayneperkins.com/with_cedric.html)

Dwayne Perkins is a hero. He is able to be funny, smart, organized, logical, brave, persistent, courageous, and much much more every day he steps onto the stage. Many people only wish they could be one of those things in their lifetime, and others wish for more. But nobody would dare to ask for all of that. Yet I see someone that have been given all of this and doesn’t let a drop go to waste. Now, how could you dare to say someone with all that isn’t a hero? Well I can’t. That’s why Dwayne Perkins is my hero.