Curb Your Enthusiasm
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- juhls0
I heard it is scripted (from the extras on a DVD), but some of it is improvisation.
That being said, it's genius. I was laughing so hard when Larry feigned almost fainting after the cancer news.
- acescence0
i think it's scripted in that the general story arc is known but the dialog is improvised
- 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.
- pillhead0
I watch the new episode last night, It was so funny, Bam Bam hahahahahah WTF.
- ukit0
The Seinfeld reunion episodes have been pretty awesome;)
- detritus0
Perhaps a little bit OTT this season?
- ukit0
I thought the ending where he was holding onto the girl's fat stomach was awesome.
- instrmntl0
Wendy Wheelchair. I almost died laughing.
- lukus_W0
OMG i love this show so much.
have you seen these?
- pillhead0
I watched the fat stomach episode last night, it just cracked me up, still good TV.
- luo0
Can't believe i didnt realise season 7 was out yet! Least i've a good few to catch up on now - horray :)
- lukus_W0
Just watched the season finale .. brilliant stuff.
- raf0
Do you respect wood?
- BuddhaHat0
I love the show, and wanted to see more too. Larry David plays a really similar type of bastard in Woody Allen's new one, Whatever Works. I absolutely loved it, Woody Allen at his best:
- yeah, i liked it too. very good.akrokdesign
- Woody Allen is a hack. All his movies are the same.severian
- drgs1
I'm ambidextrous when it comes to jacking off
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- Ramanisky20
lol LEON