Commedia Acting Tip: The Ghost of Chekhov

This is com­me­dia dell’arte week here on com­e­dy­foran­i­ma­tors. I found some inter­est­ing tips on clownlink.com, and will share one a day:

Com­me­dia Act­ing Tip: The Ghost of Chekhov.

This arti­cle makes me want to learn more about the com­me­dia act­ing tech­niques, because it sounds much more lively than what has become “mod­ern” act­ing. In my opin­ion, “mod­ern” act­ing lessons would not lead to the cre­ation of a Bug’s Bunny or a Stimp­son J. Cat. Here is a great quote from the article:

If you were walk­ing by and saw two com­me­dia actors work­ing on a scene– you shouldn’t think it was part of the every­day street life. You’d stop and take a look, and maybe call the cops about two weirdos act­ing kind of crazy.