Yesterday Heather Stuart and I got into an accidental little discussion about the show, which resulted in some useful ideas. It went a little something like this:
| Jeff Wills | Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 2:56 PM |
To: Heather Stuart |
One of the ideas we were playing with was to introduce new characters when the base characters are in altered states, such as drunk or hypnotized. Black Books references will abound, in that case.
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| Heather Stuart | Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:08 PM |
To: Jeff Wills |
| or possessed. I like the idea of a rotating puppet master that can induce these states on a whim. |
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| Jeff Wills | Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:11 PM |
To: Heather Stuart |
| Me too. Although I also like the idea that we can't be sure who is manipulating whom, especially from a comic stand point. In the case of hypnotizing, maybe the hypnotizee is faking it to manipulate the hypnotizer. Or someone pulling a Marion with a drinking contest. |
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| Heather Stuart | Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:25 PM |
To: Jeff Wills |
| Yes, and I don't know if this is possible, but can we toss the manipulation to the audience? or a plant? |
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| Jeff Wills | Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:28 PM |
To: Heather Stuart |
Absolutely (he said without having tried it yet). Let's try to think of ways to make that "puppeteering" grounded in a concept, though. I'm not immediately opposed to supernatural conceits, but I think it will play smoother and more interesting if we can justify it in relatively real-world scenarios.
This reminds me of a sketch they do on SNL, where two folks (Kristen Wiig is one of them) come on the news pretending to have rehearsed a bunch of songs, then make them up as they go, one basically trying to simul-copy the other.
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| Heather Stuart | Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:34 PM |
To: Jeff Wills |
that might be a fun game. ala ventriloquist and dummy? Yes, I'm with you on the groundedness. Supernatural is hard to pull off and ultimately less funny, I think. (That is if funny is what we're going for) :) |
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| Jeff Wills | Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:46 PM |
To: Heather Stuart |
| See, I need these simple, brilliant connections made for me now. VENTRILOQUIST AND DUMMY OF COURSE! |
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