- Abstract situation,
behavior
not conventional.
- Are people in difficult situation.
- Depend on situation and character, just don't run
around.
- Don't make everything important. Don't make every
moment
a gem. Don't have two people posturing. Look for what is ironic in situation.
Reason for plays.
- Don't play a man not knowing his situation. Read
about times and places; make decisions.
- Now, what do you think is special about these two people in this
situation? From a
showmanship's point of view. What are you going to do to
make it interesting? To make it entertaining.
- Play the situation,
ideal
and truth.
- Play the situation, not just
words.
- Situation going on.
- What is the audience concerned about:
situation.
- What situation is going on here that audience have
seen forever.
- You can't do what you did, it's not radio. What is the
situation?
What is the story? What is the thing that would
interest the audience? The first thing you have to look for.
- All comedy situations
have to get more terrible, the minute you get over it, the humor
is gone.
- Build situations for
character. (Build a hefty weapon to kill the
spider.)
- How crazy is the situation?
- Humor is playing out every moment. Humor of each situation.
Humor is not waiting for the first lines.
- Most difficult situation, find humor.
- Play the situation. The
reality of the situation,
the humor will arise from that.
- Still has to have combat here the
situation is funny.
- What is the comedy situation? Look for what is
amusing.
"In the end, it
can't look like acting." |