Friday, October 01, 2004

The opposite



One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes is when George, dispirited, decides that since nothing in his life is working, he will try doing the opposite. "What do you mean?" asks Jerry. George gets up from the booth, walks over to a beautiful long-legged blonde girl at the counter, and says, "Hi. My name is George Costanza. I'm unemployed, and I live with my parents." "Oooooh," she breathes, "Tell me more."

That's why I'm teaching Improv. I mean, this is the girl whose first three shows she directed were Julius Caesar, Medea, and Electra -- plays which, respectively, kill the dad, kill the kids, kill the mom.

No one left to kill, so I'm turning to comedy.

I am working on the Actor Questionnaire for Improv. Normally I ask soul-probing questions, like "What's one thing you don't want me to know about you?" This one, though, starts with, "What's your favorite color?" "What's your favorite dinner?" "What's your favorite quote?"

It's a step.

3 comments:

Scott said...

Would that be a European or African swallow?

Rachel Rutherford said...

My favorite color is... BLUE! (for those of you who are tracking the origins back to Will Crowther's classic Adventure/Zork game). Geek! Geek! I'm a geek!

Rachel Rutherford said...

Oh -- just learned that Crowther was referring to Monty Python. Ahh.