Tag: comedy writing
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The last time I performed in Moscow, I did it at an English-speaking show. The producer told me I can joke about whatever I want: politics, lgbt, war are all fine – but I need to be mindful of cultural references. English-speaking Russians will understand the language, but not the jokes about Erewhon. Indeed indeed.…
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I hate when people let the fruits of their creativity go spoiled, unpicked, rotting under the tree. If you’re like me, you love coming up with ideas – in fact, you have so many of them, your notebooks, note-taking apps, and napkins are everywhere. Artists have the privilege to dive into the void and come…
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The funny idea can work both as a stand alone and a story. Here is how I expanded an old stand-up joke of mine into a 2 minute sketch I’ve put up as a part of Pack Theater sketch team Moonshot. A joke: The cool thing about being a non-native speaker is that as an…
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You might have heard, ‘Don’t compare your day 1 to somebody’s day 100’. Even good pieces start looking like crap. Here is me literally comparing the first draft (above) to the middle (the wordy) draft to the final* draft that ended up in the show: The middle draft: The ‘final’ draft: * The final draft…