The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny - Review
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I took the Steve Kaplan "Comedy Intensive" seminar in Los Angeles. I have an MA from one of the top university departments of Theater, Film & Television. I wish I had learned the "Kaplan Stuff" when I was a student. For aspiring (or veteran) comedy writers it's the "Right Stuff." In his classes, and more important in his book, Steve uses his years of experience as a comedy producer, director and teacher to show students [readers] how to cut to the core and to the chase, and to eliminate non-essential, non-funny, and counterproductive elements while you learn to develop a solid core of comedy in your script based on that elusive element "the truth." He'll keep you away from looking for stuff that "might be funny . . ." and help you find solid, believable elements that propel the story and the comic energy almost by themselves. His concept that he has called "straight line vs. wavy line" is the best guide for contrasting comic characters and focusing their comic energy I have yet found...
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Description : While other books give you tips on how to “write funny,” this book offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy, and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful, commercial scripts. The Hidden Tools of Comedy unlocks the unique secrets and techniques of writing comedy. Kaplan deconstructs sequences in popular films and TV that work and don’t work, and explains what tools were used (or should have been used).
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