Good Hair, from Chris Rock
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Coming soon to the theaters: Chris Rock’s new documentary, Good Hair, which won raves at Sundance. Check out the trailer: Hilarious. I’m looking forward to it…
Archive for August, 2009
Critical Thinking About Criticism, Continued
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Today we’re going to stuff 100 people inside 100 barrels, and send them careening over Niagara Falls. Maybe they’re hecklers, but it’s not really important who they are. How experts are made Let’s say that sixty of them die for our little experiment, but forty of them live through the fall. We’ll fish these forty [...]
Accepting Criticism Graciously
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009Accepting criticism can be hard, and doing so graciously can be even harder. But it’s also one of the fastest ways that we can improve. The simple fact is that we are not the best judges of our own performances. Some comics are too hard on themselves, while others habitually turn a blind eye to [...]
Gone Fishin’
Thursday, August 6th, 2009If you’ve tried to contact me in the last week, and I haven’t responded, I apologize. I’m on vacation and will be returning Sunday the 9th.
