Improvisation at Work
Last night I headed out with some old friends to Bangsar to see the Malaysian version of Whose Line Is It Anyway called Actorlympics. Since Malaysians in general are not accustomed to the show style (live improvisation and ideas), the host had to warm the audience up in giving wacky suggestions and carried out getting wacky suggestions from the audience throughout the show.
But there was a problem. Wacky suggestions are rare in the actual Whose Line audience (well, not exactly the actual/original, but the popular American version hosted by Drew). Normal suggestions are, normal. The casts would then make them wacky - lots of skills and creativity involved going into so many different directions. But in Actorlympics, getting the audience to actually come up with wacky suggestions had induced all sorts of nonsense; absurd current issues, adult contents, etc. Then the improvisers would have to work hard around the tight boundary of wackiness to squeeze more juice out of the whole idea. It still stroke a lot of funny stuff, but it had lost the whole vibe that has made Whose Line unbelievably funny.
The switch to "Rasa Sayang" tune instead of Ho-Down was creative, even though it took a while before the casts started, probably because the topic was wacky (same argument, topic should be normal, casts would make them tunes & rhymes wacky.) Afdlin Shauki was very, very good, spontaneous, and natural. Rashid Salleh was quite entertaining. Douglis Lim and Na'a were also effective. Everyone else just need some more work. Especially on 'spontaneity', 'element of surprise', and 'contrast effect'. Good job overall though.
Check out the show poster.
The most recent here.
But there was a problem. Wacky suggestions are rare in the actual Whose Line audience (well, not exactly the actual/original, but the popular American version hosted by Drew). Normal suggestions are, normal. The casts would then make them wacky - lots of skills and creativity involved going into so many different directions. But in Actorlympics, getting the audience to actually come up with wacky suggestions had induced all sorts of nonsense; absurd current issues, adult contents, etc. Then the improvisers would have to work hard around the tight boundary of wackiness to squeeze more juice out of the whole idea. It still stroke a lot of funny stuff, but it had lost the whole vibe that has made Whose Line unbelievably funny.
The switch to "Rasa Sayang" tune instead of Ho-Down was creative, even though it took a while before the casts started, probably because the topic was wacky (same argument, topic should be normal, casts would make them tunes & rhymes wacky.) Afdlin Shauki was very, very good, spontaneous, and natural. Rashid Salleh was quite entertaining. Douglis Lim and Na'a were also effective. Everyone else just need some more work. Especially on 'spontaneity', 'element of surprise', and 'contrast effect'. Good job overall though.
Check out the show poster.
The most recent here.
posted by Zidni at 6:56 AM
2 Comments:
waaah!..menariknyee...msian version eh?..hmm..
with a scale of 0-10, how was it compared to the american one?
p/s:xde plan nak buat show on tv ke derg ni?nak tgk gak:p
kalau american tops the scale at 10, this one is about 5.5.
its all right, meaning, i don't mind watching it again.
erm.. i don't think they'd be able to go on national tv, at least not for now cuz they had sensitive and censored issues. they need to shorten the duration a lot, reduce the cast line, and filter many things before they could do it. bring it down to 1 hr show or something. anyway.. that's a good suggestion. :)
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