As a result, rakugo storytellers were subsumed under the abstract name of 'owarai-geinin' (comedians) together with stand-up comedians, comic-chat artists, slapstick comedians so that the spectators and viewers could not distinguish one from the others.
この結果、落語家は「お笑い芸人」という抽象的名称の下に漫才師・漫談家・コント芸人と観客・視聴者レベルでボーダーレスとなった。