Have An Opinion At All Times →
Will wrote the post below about improv, but it’s important to take a position in life, too. I took a class in college where the teacher made us sit around the room according to our position on the previous night’s reading assignment. Did we think the character was a bigot? Sit by the window. If we changed our minds, we could move. Back and forth we went. This is the key to intellectual integrity and Will is right - it’s a powerful tool for comedy, too, and a great way as an improviser to get out of your head and be fully present in a scene/show. Plus, opinionated people are more fun to watch :) (I love Will’s example of going from “oh, that person said hello” to “good for him, he’s really coming out of his shell…”)
Here’s something that improv made me do: ALWAYS HAVE AN OPINION on EVERYTHING in the show. Not as a comedy snob thinking about what it’s like to watch the show, but as a character in the show. Everything that is said, that happens — your character should notice it and be able to turn that into a…
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As always, great advice.
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life, too. I took...class in college where the teacher made us sit around the room...
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