(Excerpt from, The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy (Currency Press) “It’s hard enough to write a good drama; it’s much harder to write a good comedy; and it’s hardest of all to write a drama with comedy, which is what life is.” – Jack Lemmon COMIC STORYTELLING The demands of a classic comedy story…
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POIGNANCY IN COMEDY
(An excerpt from The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy by Tim Ferguson – Currency Press) Hollywood producer & executive Thom Mount has a sign in his office that defines his criteria for a good script to all who enter: Make Me Laugh Make Me Cry Make Me Cum Make Me Think Mount demands these…