The Ultraspeaking Podcast S2E2 An Interview with Jesse Warren on Improv, Stand-up, and Comedy Advice
Nov 8, 2022
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Use Daily Reps To Beat Discomfort
- Do put yourself in uncomfortable, regular practice to overcome social anxiety and build stage comfort.
- Daily small reps make the situation tolerable and progressively easier.
Using Alcohol As An Improv Crutch
- Jesse showed up drunk to early improv classes to blunt anxiety and tapered alcohol over time.
- He used that strategy as a personal crutch, not a recommended approach.
Comedy As Tension Management
- Comedy is social tension management: spot tension and release it to create laughs.
- Failing can be reframed as usable tension that leads to new humor opportunities.