Holy crap y'all, that's a lot of comedy

kaci_beeler · Post by **kaci_beeler** » January 26th, 2012, 12:40 pm

It was just announced and it's not til April. I think there's still time to get in on it through the main people in charge if they're open to the idea.

shando · Post by **shando** » January 26th, 2012, 4:09 pm

kaci_beeler wrote:It was just announced and it's not til April. I think there's still time to get in on it through the main people in charge if they're open to the idea.

Good luck everybody!

LuBu McJohnson · Post by **LuBu McJohnson** » January 26th, 2012, 5:09 pm

This doesn't seem like it'd be much of an improv festival in the first place. If they are modeling it after Just For Laughs, emphasis would be placed on solo/stand-up performers and maybe some sketch as well.

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · January 26th, 2012, 5:51 pm

i get the feeling i'm just gonna go into South By mode and hide in my room for that week.

texnat · Post by **texnat** » January 29th, 2012, 3:18 pm

I contacted Chris Trew and he said: "We're not taking submissions for the Hell Yes stages at Moontower, we're curating the entire thing (like most TNM events)."

Post by **happywaffle** » January 29th, 2012, 7:07 pm

texnat wrote:I contacted Chris Trew and he said: "We're not taking submissions for the Hell Yes stages at Moontower, we're curating the entire thing (like most TNM events)."

So that's that.

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » January 30th, 2012, 1:03 am

texnat wrote:I contacted Chris Trew and he said: "We're not taking submissions for the Hell Yes stages at Moontower, we're curating the entire thing (like most TNM events)."

I don't get what that means. What does "curating the entire thing" mean?

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » January 30th, 2012, 4:00 am

Justin D. wrote: I don't get what that means. What does "curating the entire thing" mean?

Hand-selecting the groups. Like when someone curates a film festival.

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » January 30th, 2012, 9:36 am

kbadr wrote:
Justin D. wrote: I don't get what that means. What does "curating the entire thing" mean?
Hand-selecting the groups. Like when someone curates a film festival.

Ah, gotcha. Hmm. Oh, well.

Brad Hawkins · Post by **Brad Hawkins** » January 30th, 2012, 3:56 pm

Justin D. wrote:
kbadr wrote:
Justin D. wrote: I don't get what that means. What does "curating the entire thing" mean?
Hand-selecting the groups. Like when someone curates a film festival.
Ah, gotcha. Hmm. Oh, well.

I don't really get the term... when I hear "curating" I think of a museum.

valetoile · Post by **valetoile** » January 30th, 2012, 4:16 pm

Brad Hawkins wrote:
Justin D. wrote:
kbadr wrote: Hand-selecting the groups. Like when someone curates a film festival.
Ah, gotcha. Hmm. Oh, well.
I don't really get the term... when I hear "curating" I think of a museum.

It's exactly the same thing. Museum exhibits are curated, meaning the curator hand picked what would go in there. The term implies a purpose or unifying vision guiding the selections. Thus you can have a well-curated store, or a radio show, or a comedy festival.

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » January 30th, 2012, 4:28 pm

valetoile wrote:It's exactly the same thing. Museum exhibits are curated, meaning the curator hand picked what would go in there. The term implies a purpose or unifying vision guiding the selections. Thus you can have a well-curated store, or a radio show, or a comedy festival.

Austin Secrets has a curator role... it's the person who picks out the secrets for use in the show, and then guides the show along.

WaffleFest and The Marathon are both curated, more or less. Not that I used that term.

trabka · Post by **trabka** » January 30th, 2012, 4:32 pm

Yes, the All Tomorrow's Parties music festivals are a good example of this. Some music figure gets chosen to select the performers themselves. This year Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel is curating, so people can expect to see acts that fit his sensibilities, tastes and goals for the fest.

I imagine this will be pretty much the same deal, but with Chris Trew and The New Movement's sensibilities, tastes and goals replacing Jeff Mangum's. It's starting to become a pretty common practice for certain types of festivals (For a more local example, Fun Fun Fun Fest is largely curated by Graham Williams at Transmission Entertainment, rather than by open submission, which is why we got Danzig twice.)