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Show 131 GENERAL INTERPRETATION . mendously in earnest; this earnestness only should exaggerate the small things, treats light ideas with great solemnity, and the great things with little appreciation of them. The discrepancies are exag gerated, like a hump on a nose, the receding chin, the high fore head, or the large ear, in a cartoon. Exaggeration with a seeming belief in such exaggeration, and a seeming lack of true proportions and true purpose. Play with your theme and, above all, enjoy playing with it, and so make your audience enjoy it. The greater your power of discrimination in expression, the greater will be your skill in burlesquing. AU the bad things, such as imitating description with voice and action, may be used with effect in burlesquing. Sudden changes from the sublime to the ridiculous can be effected, in opposition to all said under atmos phere and value. Misleading with a purpose to surprise is an ele ment of the burlesque. Make your audience laugh at not with the in terpreter. SUGGESTED SELECTIONS, BURLESQUE-SATIRE To Make Fun (Purpose: of) Elementary: Elopement PAGE Ben 192 Richard Harris Barham 47 She Does Not Hear Lovey-Loves The Confession 71 King Ben King Ben King 127 Advanced: The. Knight and the Lady The Lady Rohesia " Richard Harris Barham 113 Richard Harris Barham 299 Oscar Wilde 247 Donald Ogden Stewart 279 The Devoted Friend How Love Came to General Grant Dramatic. portraying . The Drama means clash, therefore it is important in emotions to make the conflict ever evident. ual reader has the fault of running the steam roller The. cas dramatic making them stand out. Conflict, contrast, climax, should be deeply felt, deeply sensed, deeply voiced; truly felt, truly sensed, truly voiced. All that was said in Part I, Chapter IV and Part II, Chapter IV should be reviewed events rather than over |
