dear tina fey,
did you ever know that you're my hero....
dear people who didn't make it to the school sketch show,
http://www.yout
dear people who want to know more about this improv thing,
here's some of the philosophy behind the type of long form i'm learning in this level (4) (note they're not bad as guiding life principles as well):
DEL CLOSE’S NOTES ON THE HAROLD
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1. You are all supporting actors
2 Always check your impulses.
3 Never enter a scene unless you are needed.
4 Save your fellow actor, don’t worry about the piece.
5 Your prime responsibility is to support.
6 Work at the top of your brains at all times.
7 Never underestimate or condescend to your audience.
8 No jokes (unless it is tipped in front that it is a joke.)
9 Trust…trust your fellow actors to support you; trust them to come through if you lay something heavy on them; trust yourself.
10 Avoid judging what is going down in terms of whether it needs help (either by entering or cutting), what can best follow, or how you can support it imaginatively if your support is called for.
11 LISTEN
* IF THE WHOLE IS TO BE ART, THE PARTS MUST NOT TRY TO BE.
* HAROLD IS LIKE A DOCUMENTARY FILM- PART AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PART BIOGRAPHY, PART SIMPLE FACT.
* THE TOTAL MAY RESEMBLE A “PLAY” (a dramatic work of fiction) BUT IT ISN’T FICTION ANY MORE THAN A THEORETICAL SCIENCE PAPER IS FICTION.
* NOTICE HOW “YOU” ARE A PART OF A HAROLD. HOW YOU FIT. THEN SIMPLY ENTER-JOIN.
* HAROLD IS GREATER THAN ALL OF YOUR ABILITIES-OR YOUR INTELLIGENCE.
* HAROLD NEEDS ALL OF YOU-YOUR BEHAVIOR, NOT YOUR DESCRIPTION OF YOUR BEHAVIOR.
...tina... you're everything i would like to be....
dear econ homework and midterm, you can really suck it, too...
with winter blues, love and nerdiness,
cp
2 comments:
Dear Carolyn,
Tina Fey has talent. You have more. Tina Fey has brains. You have more. Tina Fey has personality. You have more. Tina Fey has a reply to critics. You can be more clever. The Harold concept (good list for living, but won't quite replace the Sermon on the Mount) should always be explained to novice audiences before a performance, like cricket and curling should be explained to most US citizens before a match. Otherwise, watching a sweet Harold is like Tibetan monks watching Major League Baseball's Annual All-Star game at Wrigley Field at night.
Your biggest fan,
Dad
Oh, yeah, one more thing:
Tina Fey has had some success. When I consider what you've done so far with your life, you've already had--and surely will have--more.
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