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i think i dont like my improv teacher at io. i just finished up my first year at second city, and i dont think i'm any kind of an expert at it or anything like that, i just have a good basic understanding of how performance should go. all my teachers in a year at sc made more sense than this guy at io. even my writing teacher at the annoyance theater makes more sense. but this guy he says shit like "ok mike, in this scene you and jen are on the verge of getting a divorce. you want one, she doesnt. but i dont want the scene to be about that."
fail.
thats like saying hey heres this gift of a big fat elephant in the room. only i need you to totally ignore it and make up a scene that has nothing to do with it.
he seems to think that he can trick us by being vague into accidentally finding the end result he's looking for, its like kindergarden pop psychology, only it makes less sense. but heres the big secret about improv, its based on rules. if you have no rules you'll be lucky to make the drunks in the back row laugh. and when i ask him to clarify or try to cut right to the point of whatever the fuck he thinks he wants from us (the rules), he gives me an answer that is more toothless than the instructions were. then i have to sit quietly and wait til a student who can translate between english and theater asshole can help me out.
still need musack idears. dont let me down people, lest we be in a huge fight.
fail.
thats like saying hey heres this gift of a big fat elephant in the room. only i need you to totally ignore it and make up a scene that has nothing to do with it.
he seems to think that he can trick us by being vague into accidentally finding the end result he's looking for, its like kindergarden pop psychology, only it makes less sense. but heres the big secret about improv, its based on rules. if you have no rules you'll be lucky to make the drunks in the back row laugh. and when i ask him to clarify or try to cut right to the point of whatever the fuck he thinks he wants from us (the rules), he gives me an answer that is more toothless than the instructions were. then i have to sit quietly and wait til a student who can translate between english and theater asshole can help me out.
still need musack idears. dont let me down people, lest we be in a huge fight.