there are parts of my process or my practice or w/e you wanna call it that are actually pretty important but idk how to talk about them. one is a move that is like “allowing the body to do what it wants” and that’s where all the shaking and hyperventilating come from
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my brother has been practicing modern clowning (yes it's a thing) and this was a key aspect of it
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Wow this is the first time I've ever thought about that crossover, and I listen to enough comedy related podcasts to hear people talk about clowning a *lot*.
I'm surprised clowning isn't talked about more often in these kind of conversations, seems like people would be into it.
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we have some resident clowns i just tagged into the convo but it is true that the clown discourse hasn’t been happening lately lol. does seem like a lot of crossover tho. honestly there’s kinda just one Thing
well depending on how you define clown you can make a pretty strong case that standup comedy is a subset of clown: just with no makeup and very talkey
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the main big thing about clown performance is that it's all about direct address, and forming a sort of back and forth attention between the performer and the audience. contrast with acting, which is contained within a fourth wall.
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