Let's Talk About Sets! Episode 049 FAMILY – Jackie Kashian: “Be a whole person”
Mar 22, 2019
Jackie Kashian, stand-up comedian and Dork Forest creator, shares her Wisconsin roots and knack for longform storytelling. She talks about turning painful family moments into funny bits. She explains balancing poignancy and humor, respecting real relationships onstage, and mining specific details to make stories universal.
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Write By Performing First
- Write by performing and iterate onstage instead of only drafting on paper.
- Perform your material repeatedly to discover the funny and tighten it into bits.
Start With What You Like
- Before mocking family, find qualities you genuinely like about them.
- That groundwork lets you safely lampoon flaws without only sounding resentful.
Make It Clearly Not Real Or Loving
- Test whether relatives will recognize your jokes and whether they'll know you're kidding.
- Make characters so exaggerated or loving they can't take offense.