Curb Your Enthusiasm
Out of context: Reply #23
- Started
- Last post
- 73 Responses
- juhls0
So it's in-between somewhere. This is what I must have remembered from the extras:
"Most people think that you just go out and wing it. But that's never the case. The idea is to capture the feeling of spontaneity without necessarily actually being fully spontaneous, if that makes any sense. You want it simply to sound more real than a scripted show. But there is a formula and a rhythm, too."
[Director]Steinberg sees the style of Curb Your Enthusiasm as "a new form where the dialogue is secondary to the concept. You get the feel of a documentary and the beats of improv."
Rather than a script, the directors on Curb (which is in its fourth season) work from a seven- or eight-page outline that drives the plot forward. There is no set-up/set-up/punch line per se. But with its impromptu nature, the show can drive a director fairly batty unless he or she is prepared to go with the flow of a gig that is structured only in the loosest sense."
Looks like it's more improvisation, but they do have writers on the show.