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Film Courage: What is the comic premise?
Author/Speaker/Artist/Screenwriter John Vorhaus: The comic premise is the gap between real reality and comic reality. It’s a rule change that takes normal reality and turns it into something else. Here’s a good example, in the situation comedy Married with Children which I’m sure you know, if you don’t know, it’s about horrible people who somehow manage to live together. The comic premise is these people who have no business spending five minutes in each other’s company somehow managed to hold it together. Real reality is not like that. If these people were real people in the real world, they would run screaming from one another. The comic reality says to the audience If you will accept the premise that these horrible people can live together, we’re going to give you some fun. The comic premise is the change of reality, the altered reality that the comedian offers in order to welcome the audience into his or…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
John Vorhaus is best known for his comedy-writing classic, The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You’re Not. He has taught and trained writers in 37 countries on five continents at last count, and created TV shows of his own in Nicaragua, Romania and elsewhere. His writing credits include dozens of teleplays and screenplays, plus seven novels and some two dozen works of non-fiction. His latest book is the little book of STANDUP. Vorhaus is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America. He lives in Southern California and secretly controls the world from JohnVorhaus.com.
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