I like TV.
Let's just get that straight. I often dream of being someone who, in defiance, hurls my television out the window and then furiously writes quotes in a leatherback journal ordering the death of TV while sipping tea and reading a big, fat book with teeny-tiny type. But that is just a dream. And the reality is this: I enjoy it.
I enjoy lazy days of lying on the couch in front of the television. I enjoy judging people on "reality" TV shows and I love the Food Network. I'll watch Discovery Channel, Science Channel, NatGeo, Animal Planet, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central...pretty much all your basic cable channels, I've seen.
Yesterday, I watched C-SPAN all day just to see the real side of government. Sometimes these "news network" shows make me think that government is really sexy and full of drama. But just turn on CSPAN. That's the government. It's really boring and confusing and full of jargon that is hard to follow. But I watched it so I could "witness history". Witnessing history takes a long ass time. 2 hours of general debate?! BAH!
But I've gotten off-point. The real reason I'm writing this post is because reality TV is confusing me. I've been known to watch a "What Not to Wear" or "Clean House" or "Trading Spaces" or even "America's Next Top Model". I don't claim to know anything about fashion or design. I know nothing. And watching these shows certainly doesn't help me!
It's like on Oscar night when the E! TV people are judging the outfits. Some they love, some they hate. But why?! And on TLC's "Tacky Houses" they just walk into someone's house and say the decorations are tacky. But fashion, to me, is something so...personal? unique?
TV: do you love it?
Mar 22, 2010
Mar 15, 2010
My Thoughts on Thunderdome
Thunderdome was amazing this time around. Holy Cow! has come so far in just a little over a year. We've whittled down to six players (including me) and we've ventured into the unknown that is longform. And we're loving it!
We've put together a presentation we call "The Classifieds" which goes something like this:
Get a suggestion from the audience
Opening: improvisers step forward and create a classified ad based on suggestion
Create scenes from opening
-Blackout-
Improvisers step forward and create scenes based on one suggestion from previous scenes
Scenes
-Blackout-
Improvisers step forward and create scenes based on suggestion from previous round
-Blackout-
The idea is that by the end, the three suggestions (first from audience, final two from scenes) will come together to form a cohesive, connected storyline that is hopefully full of relationships and hopefully entertaining.
So far, so good. We've done this twice now and we're ready to continue to try new presentations and formats we've seen other troupes do.
The Pitch called and asked us to do Artopia, which is exciting. We're on once a month at the Fishtank and we're in talks about producing a show there. We've got a headlining show at the Westport Coffeehouse Theater on the first Friday in April. And we're doing Fringe Fest this year with hopes (HOPES) of being selected for the KC Improv Fest this year.
We started a YouTube channel and we've begun to tape our performances which is cool for two reasons:
1) We can watch it and analyze performances to give us a heads up on what we think we need to work on.
2) We have footage for submission to festivals that require it.
We're leaving the nest of Rockhurst and venturing out as a "professional" troupe. So we lose the awesome, FREE space we've had for 4 years, but I think it's time to move on (considering 1/3 of our troupe never even attended RU). Scary...but exciting at the same time.
Lots of new exciting things going on in my little world of improv. And I'm loving every minute.
We've put together a presentation we call "The Classifieds" which goes something like this:
Get a suggestion from the audience
Opening: improvisers step forward and create a classified ad based on suggestion
Create scenes from opening
-Blackout-
Improvisers step forward and create scenes based on one suggestion from previous scenes
Scenes
-Blackout-
Improvisers step forward and create scenes based on suggestion from previous round
-Blackout-
The idea is that by the end, the three suggestions (first from audience, final two from scenes) will come together to form a cohesive, connected storyline that is hopefully full of relationships and hopefully entertaining.
So far, so good. We've done this twice now and we're ready to continue to try new presentations and formats we've seen other troupes do.
The Pitch called and asked us to do Artopia, which is exciting. We're on once a month at the Fishtank and we're in talks about producing a show there. We've got a headlining show at the Westport Coffeehouse Theater on the first Friday in April. And we're doing Fringe Fest this year with hopes (HOPES) of being selected for the KC Improv Fest this year.
We started a YouTube channel and we've begun to tape our performances which is cool for two reasons:
1) We can watch it and analyze performances to give us a heads up on what we think we need to work on.
2) We have footage for submission to festivals that require it.
We're leaving the nest of Rockhurst and venturing out as a "professional" troupe. So we lose the awesome, FREE space we've had for 4 years, but I think it's time to move on (considering 1/3 of our troupe never even attended RU). Scary...but exciting at the same time.
Lots of new exciting things going on in my little world of improv. And I'm loving every minute.
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