June 2012
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The SWARM and the birth of the Monoscne →
It is not bragging when I say I’ve forgotten more about Improv then most people know.
It’s more of a statement on years of drinking pot, and not paying attention.
I had forgotten that the Swarm developed a form that is now commonly called the Monoscene. I’d been asked before about it’s origins…
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“T.E. Lawrence, eponymously of Arabia but very much an Englishman, favoured...”
– Prometheus
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Improv Reality
curtisretherford:
While watching or performing in an improv scene:
If someone throws something, do your eyes follow the path of the object?
If someone gets stabbed or shot, do you wince in pain?
If someone enters a scene, do you notice whether they left the door open?
If someone tosses someone to someone else, and the person fails to catch it, do you imagine the object hitting the person and...
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Uncommon Improv Advice
downrightupright:
The best improv advice I ever received was around the time I was taking 201. It wasn’t from an improviser. It was from my former boss at Myspace, Manu Rekhi, who was mentoring me on my career and life in general.
He said, “If someone asks you for a favor, do it. If it’s at all possible, do it.” His point was that when you’re a good person, people respond to that. People will...
