Character Building – The First Steps The primary purpose of a comic character is to make us laugh. To do this, they must poke at us in clever but ultimately simple ways. We can’t be sitting around after a punchline, reversal or stakes-raise trying to work out the reasons behind it. A punchline punches. A…
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TED TALK by Tim Ferguson!
TED Talk by Tim Ferguson ‘SEX & GODS’ As Australia’s foremost academic teacher of narrative comedy and former member of the notorious Doug Anthony Allstars, Tim explains why the writing establishment erroneously regards comedy as an inferior craft to drama and tragedy. (Not a single Miles Franklin Literary Award has gone to a comedy.) Combining…