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NEEDY = COMEDY ARTS?
| Posted on October 9, 2013 at 11:47 AM |
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There
is no doubt in my mind that real comedians have a need to do comedy.
You need that need to be funny. If you don't have that need than
perhaps you needn't be doing it. No need arguing with me about it, I
don't need that right now. What
is needed is the understanding that need is often emotional and the need
for emotion in comedy is well documented and founded after much
needed research. It should be simple to anybody, need = emotion, the
need for emotional things in comedy = getting laughs. On the other side of the coin, how
many times have we been told that laughs are needed by the audience as well, correct? Which means maybe that the same NEED needs to be in
performer AND audience. So what the comedy performer needs to understand
is how to transform his need into fulfilling the need of the audience
to enjoy his/her laugh-fest art form. So
we're both needy people, audience and comic? Sorry, simply summing
up, I guess I just needed to make sense out of what I'm thinking
about and writing. You don't think I write drafts of this stuff do
you? Who needs that?! Does
need fuel art itself? And if so, is there a need for art appreciation
in the average person? Is there a connection between how much of this
need an artist fulfills for the audience that makes him/her more
needed, as in popular? Or is it all just unneeded advertising? What
the heck is NEED anyway? I looked it up. It's a driving force, a
motivator. It's necessary for a healthy life. Laughter certainly has
been proven to be necessary correct? So one could reason that NEED is
needed in order to be driven to becoming a successful artist. In the
same way the need to be satisfied is needed in the audience in order
to be driven and responsive to come out to see your show. If two
needs are met then it's all good right? So
be proud of your need, explore your need, know your need...and most
importantly, expect as well as respect the needs of your audience to
let go with laughter. Discovering your unique way of meshing your need to their need is a powerful potion to make the magic happen. ~ Maybe
we shouldn't call it show business, it's more like needy business. ;)
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