Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation
	Author: Charna Halpern Published: 1994-04
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Customer comments on this selection. 5 pages of insight; much much more of self-promotion From start to finish, the overall message of this book is "Del Close was a god, Charna Halpern is his one true disciple, and without them, the careers of countless comedic geniuses might never have come about." I have never felt so strongly about a book to comment on it on Amazon before, but the name-dropping and self-congratulating in this book is astounding. The shame of it all is that there are a few pages of insight into how "connections" make for some of the best humor, but these are lost in the noise. If you're looking to learn more about improv, comedy and/or human nature, Impro by Keith Johnstone is a far better read. Not bad This is the first improv book I haver ever read; as a result, I was very new to the concept of basic improv and learned pretty much the solid foundation of improv. Yet for somebody more advanced, and read other improv, they might not find this book helpful. The downside to this book, is that it is very boring and presented in a technical way like you are reading a boring college textbook. That is what I hated about his book, but the author made up for that by providing practical examples to illustrate her point. If it weren't for that, there is no way anybody can learn anything from this book. Overall, a great improv book. So that is how it is done I have been doing improv comedy for 5 years and now I know what we were doing wrong and what we were doing right. If you are thinking about starting out in improv this is the book to start with, if you are doing impov and have not yet read it, buy it. The Manual Of Improv Even if you're not a "long-form" improviser, this book is a must read for anyone actively working in an improv group. This book is The Bible of improv. Any improviser worth his/her salt owns at least one copy. And can quote from it directly.
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