1/6/2023 0 Comments Soap opera network tumblrOne of the great things about the soap opera conceit is that it’s an excuse to go big and exaggerated. And no matter the adjective or emotion that they’re assigned, when they’re forced to dig a little deeper to play with it, they’ll find there’s a wide range of available responses. Turns out that just making any decision like this helps students find a range of human responses. You might think focusing on this would result in one-dimensional characters, limited to one emotion in their palette. How would I respond to this situation if my emotion were X? ‘Lusty,’ ‘Vengeful,’ ‘Depressed’….these are the traits that give the players a way to make decisions. It’s that adjective that colors the lens through which they do things. They’re not going to get much mileage concentrating on the gardener part of their character. Note that these labels serve as the character’s names as well.Īn important thing to point out to the group (which hopefully they’ll come to see on their own) is that the helpful word in the character’s names isn’t the noun, but the adjective. Getting the suggestions from two different people helps create less obvious juxtapositions. If they’re stuck, I’ll suggest they start with classic soap opera archetypes, like ‘Lusty Gardener’ or ‘Scheming Mayor,’ but really anything works. I start this by having the class or troupe assign each other a character with the format, adjective-occupation (or role). It adds some training wheels for beginning students and helps existing long-form groups work on making relationships while allowing stories to emerge unforced in a set. This has helped groups at any and every level. To strengthen the skills and confidence in long-form playing, I like to use a game called Soap Opera. And if you have been doing long-form, it’s also easy to have plot-heavy sets where everyone is struggling to connect to one another. U.S.Airdate 04/29/15If you’ve been doing long-form improv for a while, it’s easy to forget how daunting it is as a student to make the leap from short-form.
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