at rehearsal last night i gave this assignment:

develop a series of five one-minute scenes around the phrase: "the anti-action comedy"

all scenes must include:
a spoon
a bigger gun
audience participation
contrast
exactitude

none may include:
mime
backstory
sloptitude

take 20 min. to develop

the result was great. very exact, with no mime or backstory.

images/themes i liked:
- observation of the mundane
- the noted becoming the noter, and vice versa (re-observaion)
- searching for a spoon in a plastic fork box
- thanking the audience very seriously - with a handshake
- a mundane scene ending with someone getting shot
- "hey, um. you guys want to like, go get waffles or something?" - "Yeah." (exit) - (left behind) "Really?"

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