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Improvisation In General Is Good, And Improvising Material Into Themes, Turning The Material Into Something Codified And Repeatable, Taught Me Scenic Structure And Dramatic Gambits That Work And Things That Are Appealing Both As A Performer And An Audience Member, Like You Know, What Does "want" Really Mean In A Scene, And How Do You Achieve Your Want, And How Is That Expressed, And How Do You Achieve Closure? Those Are All Things That I Learned Performing At The Cabaret After Just Doing The Same Scenes Over And Over And Over Again Over The Years, With My Own Ability To Change.

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Improvisation In General Is

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Improvisation In General Is Good, And Improvising Material Into Themes, Turning The Material Into Something Codified And Repeatable, Taught Me Scenic Structure And Dramatic Gambits That Work And Things That Are Appealing Both As A Performer And An Audience Member, Like You Know, What Does "want" Really Mean In A Scene, And How Do You Achieve Your Want, And How Is That Expressed, And How Do You Achieve Closure? Those Are All Things That I Learned Performing At The Cabaret After Just Doing The Same Scenes Over And Over And Over Again Over The Years, With My Own Ability To Change.

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Last Night Was Super Tuesday - A 10-state Gop Primary Orgy. A Big, Sweaty Pile Of Lever-yankin Republican Voters. And Like Most Orgies, It Involves A Bunch Of Middle Aged Guys Who Are Not Appealing To Women.

There Hasn't Been A Scandal This Big At The C.i.a. Since (classified) Committed (censored) To (redacted).

A New Study Shows That Having A Severe Phobia Can Hasten Aging. But What If My Greatest Fear Is Aging?!?

I Guess 14% Plus Jesus Equals Victory

'sympathy For The Devil' Is Just Another Way Of Saying 'compassionate Conservative'.

If I Thought I Knew What Was Going To Happen, It Wouldn't Be Worth Doing. The Challenge Is How Joyfully, With What Sense Of Fun And Adventure And Playfulness, We Will Greet It. We Don't Have To Look For What The Next Thing Will Be. If Experience Is Any Judge, It'll Come Flowing Toward Us Like A River.

My Guest Newt Gingrich Shut Down The Government During The Clinton Administration. I'll Ask Him When It's Gonna Start Working Again.

You Should Spend More Time With Your Families; Write That Novel You've Always Wanted To Write. You Know, The One About The Fearless Reporter Who Stands Up To The Administration. You Know - Fiction.

It Would Be A Very Short Pint. It Would Be Gummy Bears And Matzah, And Be Called Chewy Jewy.

My Mom Kind Of Led Me Toward Acting. She Wanted To Be An Actress When She Was Younger. That Made Me Interested In It When I Was A Kid, Because She And I Are Very Close.

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