Our not-so-tame Saskatchewanian, Anil, has spent his entire L.A. lifetime in the local comedy club scene. Time now for a short report on what he’s learned:
To save aspiring comedians and comedy writers a lifetime of awkward silence from their sensitive comedy brethren, TVWriter.Com presents the simple rules for navigating the minefield of Joke Court. Take these rules to work-out rooms, smokey patios and dive restaurants full of funny people assured justice will always be served.
We know, we know. Many of you are at that place where all you want is to be public enough for critics to attack your work like sharks devouring chum.
But once you get over it, here’s what you need to know:
Once upon a time there was a new series called THE NEWSROOM. Its reviews were so terrible that even I had trouble making myself watch it.
All the BigMedia critics panned it.
Not our metaphor, honest.
And, frankly, there’s not much new in this article by Keith Fenimore on TheWrap.Com. But its message is still valid, and the newer you are to showbiz (or any biz, really), the more likely that you may have missed it. So:
…And is giddy — GIDDY!! I tell you — with excitement.
A few things:
I saw this at The Grove theater in L.A., and the quality of the full theater image is simply breathtaking. Word is it was filmed at 60fps and scaled down to 48fps — it seems normal humans can’t even process 60fps.