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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Being 'funny' - 2008/02/24 10:58 For a GCSE drama exam I am in a short play with some friends in a sort of 'clowning' style, complete with OTT actions and voices. The problem is, I don't think we're very funny, well I'm not very funny at least. Any tips on making my character (a fussy, ditzy, girly character with a squeaky voice) funnier? Sophs
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Being 'funny' - 2008/02/24 13:27 Try playing her honestly instead. People tend to find more humor in truth. Or is that too philosophical? It's still early for me... Briana

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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Being 'funny' - 2008/02/24 15:23 Don't laugh onstage, or it won't be funny for the audience. Break legs! -Ali

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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Being 'funny' - 2008/02/24 18:42 Make sure you're timing is right. Sometimes there may not be enough time, or too little time, between lines or a look, and that makes it not funny. Auditioning for: Brigadoon, theatre season, American Music Theatre, Into the Woods, Sound of Music, and AMDA.

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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Being 'funny' - 2008/02/25 11:46 I'm not sure if this makes sense in the context, but a lot of times people who are funny don't realize they're funny (think Audrey's "Somewhere That's Green"). I agree with Flece here; if you try to be funny, then it will look like you're trying to be funny. - Caitlin / Cait -

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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Being 'funny' - 2008/02/25 12:20 Thanks for the advice! Sophs
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Being 'funny' - 2008/03/01 18:32 see if you can get footage on some hilarious actors, and take notes on their comic timing. i don't know if i'm helping or repeating advice, but also don't be funny, funny, funny, and funny, straight in a row, like some sitcoms, that just have joke after joke... sometimes it works, though. For example, a movie/musical with some fantastic (maybe one of the greatest) comedic actors is: The Producers. Mel Brook's stuff also has major comedy.

Also, i agree with Flece. During our Little Shop, people laughed so hard when Audrey or Seymour WERE being truthful, and trying not to be funny.

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Favorite Shows: Young Frankenstein, Curtains, Little Shop of Horrors, The Producers
Dream Roles that I have NO CHANCE of Getting Because of Something i Have no control over: Ulla from the Producers or Inga from Young Frankenstein (neither tall nor blonde - such a shame too, because this is one of my favorite "character roles" to play), Igor from Young Frankenstein (i'm no man, no matter how many times i play one), Gary Coleman from Avenue Q (skin color)
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Being 'funny' - 2008/04/05 21:40 On my favorite TV show (Studio 60 at the Sunset Strip) Harriet Hayes asks Matt Albe why the "pass the butter" line got a laugh before the dress rehearsal audience but didn't get a laugh before the broadcast audience. Albe's response was "you asked for the laugh". When she asked "why did it get a laugh at dress", he responded "you asked for the butter!"

Pick funny material, figure out WHY it is funny and say it that way. Don't "try to be funny" - "BE funny".

Hope that helps.
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Being 'funny' - 2008/04/06 19:16 I agree with...i believe it was Flece. Play her honestly and it will be hilarious!
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