After that last post about how hard comedy is for me, I can honestly say that I've grown. That post came out of working on a scene from Abduction from the Seraglio for Opera Characterization (acting) class... I found it so hard to be funny while coming from an honest place for the angry, blustering character of Osmin... well, I had a bit of a breakthrough today in class.
Today I actually managed to commit myself totally to the character, as a real human being who is almost apoplectic with rage... and somehow, magically, it was funny. I didn't even notice it the first time, but apparently the audience laughed! Shocking. Anyways, I'm excited now. I think I touched a whole new kind of honesty in my acting today, and I'm thrilled to get to explore and flex those new muscles.
