Slow Comedy
2010s-present
Jimmy Carrane's scene-work method, get real before you try to be funny, slow down until the game reveals itself, commit to the emotional truth of the moment.
Known for
- Named in Carrane's *The Art of Slow Comedy* (2016) and the long-running Art of Slow Comedy classes in Chicago.
- Core instruction: 'You need to be real before you can be funny.' Reality-first as a discipline, not a style.
- Chicago-centric; builds on iO's organic-discovery lineage with a more explicit teaching vocabulary.
- Associated exercises: one-minute silent openings, explicit emotional check-ins, slow initiations.
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