I Went to rehearsal at the comedy spot last night and as usual I felt very insecure (to say the least) with my performances. yes its rehearsal a place were I should be able to fail miserably and be OK. but there is a point were practice should pay off and I have been thinking since last night and am hopefully coming to new conclusion that the ability I seek in Improv though it look like it intrinsic and some how flows from the Muses down from Mount Olympias down to the thespians on stage is actually going to take some for thought on my part.
Yes yes yes I know what you're going to say "the basics are very important" and they are the basis for my thoughts on improv well a certain aspect of the basics of a scene anyways the who, what, were anyways well the who specifically for this little blurb on my blog.
for Years now since I started at the comedy spot it has been drilled into my pee brain that when I initiate a scene with my scene buddy to not not know the person in the scene. that I am suppose to have some type of prior relationship with the person or persons.
Now I am going to ask more of a rhetorical question which is. Can all relationships spring from or go back to the relationships you see or developed from infancy to adult in nuclear family whatever that entails. I know the answer can not sum up all types of relationships in all given situations we pull from in improv scenes so do not think I am trying to be reducesanistic in my view of relationship choices in improv.
I am just saying a lot of how we relate to different people in the relationships we forge in life have a lot to do with what we learned from our family at home and can mirror those first relationships (Frued would so proud)
and layering certain sort of stereo typical nuclear relationships into a typical situation
here is an example from a scripted sit com of modern family the 1st clip sets it up the gay couple in the show is partying with there friend who makes it apparent she is jealous of there adopted Asian baby.
this second clip proves my thesis
