Tonight in CNF: Workshop, Best Questions, Intro to Sedaris

Tonight in CNF, we'll finish workshop on your Terkel-inspired pieces. I'll return your Terkel quizzes, too. (Good job, everyone!) And I will explain, once and for all, my Terkel obsession.

Then we'll all develop our own lists of sure-to-work interview questions. We'll use James Lipton's Actor's Studio as a model. Here are some links:

 

Questionnaire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0gPwYvHb00

 

Dave Chappelle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84NjYRTHpfU

 

We'll test your lists, then do a quick introduction to David Sedaris.

 

Here are some links:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdY3q14spdw

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoH7X1ZOslc

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjKKK0vc3A

 

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Assignment:  Read Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. Make a list of five things you think are key to Sedaris' humor. What makes his work so funny? What makes his work so good? Be ready to discuss next week.

 

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Extra credit:  If you'd like extra credit for our class (a .5 grade boost on the assignment of your choice), please attend tomorrow's Written/Spoken reading with poets Jimmy Cvetic and Bob Ziller at 7 p.m. in VH 118. I'll have a sign-up sheet available at the book table. Bonus if you try your list of sure-to-work questions on Jimmy and Bob.