An Honest Question. Page 5

I must say this is a funny old thread, and one where the normally calm, are becoming vexated. Humour is an awfully individual thing, and humerous and comercially viable are not the same thing.

I've stuck things on critique and had positive feedback, and thought wow I thought that was rubbish. I've put other stuff on that I thought was hilarious and had it panned. I've sat fuming in NR when i was sure I wrote a better skit on a subject, and other times rather embarassed they chose one of my lesser efforts.

I jsut got a sticom script returned by a prodco that i thought was great, had a very succesful reading, and was majorly peer evlauated.
Of course you can tell what you think is funny. I can also tell what I like the taste of, doesn't mean I'm about to open my first liver with 12 cloves of garlic, and tabasco restaurant tomorrow. Any one who couldn't tell wouldn't be writing, unless they're Jim Davison.

The negativity towards peer evlauation on this thread, is weird and a bit arrogant. The funniest of us need a hand, and frankly those of you who see asking for support of fellow writers as a weakness, can get sutffed.

At Sootyj's house of liver and garlic. Ramsey's kitchen nightmares booked in advance.

Wasn't thinking of you Griff. You were something of a noble knight fighting for the honour of the little guy.

You weren't just dibbing my lousy grammar there were you?

I jsut find some of the high handed views on this thread, a little much.

I actually like writing stuff that sucks every now and then. It means I'm experimenting, and it means I might stumble across some hidden stream of comedy gold at some point.

I think it's okay to think in comerical (sic) terms, okay okay I was kidding on the sic thing. As long as you mean professional. It's the success word I am not sure about. That is putting the two words together as a creative approach. I tend to write in a mainstream way, I think, because that is the sort of comedy I think I can write. I love the Boosh, I really liked Nightingales. But I don't think I could write it. I think 'Orrible was actually pretty mainstream and pretty misunderstood. And I know you shouldn't have to explain comedy, is should work at a visceral level but you sometimes have to champion babies that some other people find ugly for some reason.

On the matter of the genesis for this thread, I think it's perfectly okay to post sketches for feedback or if just to find an audience. And if people want to post a lot of sketches that they haven't really worked on and use this medium as that - a medium to brainstorm or kick ideas about why not. Also I would think that for longer narrative work then it's nice to have a cyber community to sound out your material with. No such thing as perfect. And I had a drink with Amanda Holden once.

And doubt for writers is a bit like nerves with actors - it's a good thing really.

Quote: Marc P @ April 18 2008, 6:20 PM BST

And I had a drink with Amanda Holden once.

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So? I once looked at a hedge.

Quote: zooo @ April 18 2008, 6:24 PM BST

So? I once looked at a hedge.

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Don't you get snitty with me!

Hee.

This must be the most heated comedy writer discussion EVER!

Can people stop putting 'sic' in their quotes, people have to type fast and it's really arsey to do that.

Hopefully I've fought my corner here, so I'm off from this thread!

Quote: Seefacts @ April 18 2008, 6:52 PM BST

Can people stop putting 'sic' in their quotes, people have to type fast and it's really arsey to do that.

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Knoooooooow!

Internet discusion is massively enhanced by these small indicators too ones personality. Any small clue as to how the poster may behave in really life should be treated as a gem of usefull information and treasured as such.

When used in discourse i like to think of using sic as being on a par with a sprinter pointing out the runner ahead of him has put his shorts on backwards.

Which would also be quite funny!

What's the doodad with all this sic business?

Quote: Griff @ April 18 2008, 7:58 PM BST

Even in this feeble analogy, I notice you cast yourself as the runner ahead. I think that's a pretty good indicator of how you might behave in "really life".

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I notice you raise the issue of my assumptive lead over you, as opposed to your assumed position behind me. It would seem that while one frustrates you the other is comfortably familiar.

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And Marc I don't need an audience for my work. I have quite enough one's else where. Some of us who love comedy for it's own sake, like participating in a mutual writing community.
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Err I think that was what I was saying.

Oh don't delete it!

I've really enjoyed some of your posts today.

Booo.

Staggering.