The Slow School (Carrane / Pretty Flower)
2000s-present
Jimmy Carrane's Chicago-centered school — real before funny, emotional grounding before scene-work, slow discovery over fast heightening.
Known for
- Built from Art of Slow Comedy classes in Chicago and Carrane's *Improv Nerd* podcast.
- 'Pretty Flower' was an iO Harold team of Carrane's that became shorthand for the school's aesthetic — scenes that bloom slowly.
- Distinct from organic-discovery (TJ & Dave): Slow Comedy is more teachable, more systematic, with explicit drills for slowing down.
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