Thursday, February 17, 2011
Comedy Therapy
Improv is a release. Just like some people use drugs to get a rush, we decide to get up in front of a crowd and make fools of ourselves. One of peoples biggest fears is public speaking. More than dying, people are afraid of crowds. As humans we make our judgments of a person in the first 6 seconds that we meet them. Understanding this i could see why someone may think they are "not funny" enough to do improv. At the same time i can only say that perfection comes with practice. I only started doing improv last year, and now I help teach our weekly free classes. I have personally seen people with absolutely no improv or theater training become performance ready in less than 4 months. But that being said it does take a lot of courage to put your reputation on the line every performance. Becoming comfortable on stage only comes with experience. But once you crack that golden joke and have an entire crowd laughing with you, your hooked.
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Imrpov is hilarious. It never fails to crack me up. I've been to a few shows done by companies back in New Mexico, where I'm from. I really enjoyed the shows and how creative they allow people to be with comedy. I would love to see a live performance again.
ReplyDeleteI still remember the first time I went in front of a class to teach. Admittedly, I was terrified. Now, though, I'm quite comfy. Maybe improv is the same way. The more you do it, the more comfortable you are with it.
ReplyDeleteJust like Gus said, Once you crack that golden joke you are hooked. I've had experiences myself where I was not good at improv at all. But I got up and did it anyway regardless of what people thought. And I was awful. But I owned it and people were laughing. Confidence is key when making people laugh.
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