To Meander “Off Pencil”

Improvisation creates spontaneous magic, but by definition it’s slapdash and unrefined.
“Most improv could do with a rewrite.” In this sense, Brent White is a master rewriter, he manages to make the funniest people on the planet funnier. “He has the ability to wade into unstructured material undaunted, to not get lost worrying about the technical challenges and just tap into the rhythm of the scene,”...

Mel Brooks has stressed the importance, while editing a film, of carving out “the sit-down places for the audience to stop laughing.”

“Sometimes,” Feig said, “you just create a joke out of nothing.”

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