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The Art of Comedy: Getting Serious About Being Funny |  | Author: Paul Ryan
Publisher: Back Stage Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 96524
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0823084671
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.028
EAN: 9780823084678
ASIN: 0823084671
Publication Date: May 29, 2007
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Product Description
Want to know a secret? Sssshhhh. Great comedy actors aren’t born...they’re made. Who makes them? Paul Ryan, that’s who. Now Ryan, the top comedy acting coach in Hollywood, shares his secrets in The Art of Comedy, a step-by-step guide for turning actors into comedy actors. Packed with exercises, The Art of Comedy explains exactly how to build a character, how to incorporate improvisation into a written scene, where to turn for comic inspiration, and how to increase your comedic imagination. Also included is a technical analysis of comedy greats from Milton Berle to Jerry Seinfeld. For anyone who wants to work in film, in television, or in community theater, here’s the complete guide to acting funny.
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 An informative and fun read!!! October 16, 2007
TMart (Toluca Lake, CA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
As an acting teacher, I have suugested my students struggling with understanding comedy, buy this book. It's current, easy, fun, funny and will give you a step by step guide on how to be funny, how to understand funny and how to recognize funny. The exercises are very helpful. A must read if you have any interest in getting into comedy as a performer.
Great Book for All! November 28, 2007
C. L. Adzich (Los Angeles, CA)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Paul Ryan has the ability like no one else to bring out the humor and fun in anyone. His exercises and advice can help the most serious and intense lighten up and have a good time. Whether your an actor looking to improve your comedic talents or a business person wanting to inject humor in your presentations, this is the perfect book. Great gift for the holidays.
Practical and Punchy and Provocative October 8, 2007
Loren Ek (Las Vegas, NV United States)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is one of the finest books I've read for anyone aspiring to
comedy acting in movies and on TV and the live stage. It's packed
with insider tips and practical wisdom harvested by comedy-meister
Paul Ryan during his impressive career as Hollywood's "comedy coach.".
To thoroughly grasp these great techniques and make them
your own, it would be best to practice them in a workshop situation.
(Having observed these techniques in action with Paul's exercises
at a SAG Conservatory workshop, I know that they work!)
"The Art of Comedy" could also be well-used as a solid resource for
classes offered by community theaters and for college acting courses.
This book has got it all November 28, 2007
Vivian Eisenstadt
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a creative person, I am always looking for ways to improve my quality of life and add enjoyment for me and my clients. The Art of Comedy really gets down to practical ways of lightening up your day from basic daily activities to practical hands on comedy exercises. A++!
Funny, Funny, Funny! October 17, 2007
J. Ainsworth (Los Angeles,, CA United States)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Okay, so you want to know how to be funny? Take my advice and get this book! So many helpful hints and words of wisdom from someone who has spent his life in the business and knows what he's talking about. I've seen him speak at a couple of lectures in Hollywood and he really has some sound and helpful advice on the art of comedy. His hands on approach had everyone up and moving in the room and by the end of the class we all felt more funny!
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