All Right Baby, I Just Can't Keep On Pretending
Doug Marlette says that the key to comedy is being completely committed to what you're doing. Okay. So tonight at the Loony Bin I said some really disgusting, horrible stuff, and I did my best to commit to it. I think it turned out pretty well.
What does that have to do with not stepping on stuff? Well, in my haste to cover as much material as possible in 4 minutes, I managed to step on my own jokes a few times. Why can't I just let the audience enjoy the bits that work without ham-handedly pushing forward? It's something I'm working on.
Enjoy!
3 Comments:
........the art of peace is medicine for a sick world......morihei ueshiba.
The answer is, self-consciousness. The bane of any performer, but it seems to me especially a comic. Connect so fast and well with your audience that the bond is watertight and leaves no room for the guy sitting in your Cartesian Theater.
Pure genius!! :)
~Joy
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