Interview with Kevin Gillese, AD of Dad's Garage.

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » July 12th, 2010, 1:47 pm

Some nice quotes in here. I like how blunt he is.

http://www.hideouttheatre.com/interview ... ads-garage

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » July 12th, 2010, 5:18 pm

Ha. I love this.

HT: A lot of fuss seems to be made about shortform vs. longform. Is the difference significant to you, and if so, why?

KG: I can’t stand folks who take sides in the shortform vs. longform debate. It’s like saying films suck but photography is amazing, or vice versa. The forms are so connected that I can’t understand how someone can see the artistry in one and not the other.

With a few exceptions, I’d say for the most part people who say short form sucks – aren’t funny. And people who say long form sucks – can’t improvise. My favorite improvisers, the ones I look up to the most, they can do both and do both well.

I honestly think it’s the same thing, just done differently, and the haters on either side are just coming from a place of wanting to disguise the fact that they’re having trouble keeping up. If a visual artist told me that he thought oil paintings were the best thing ever and that graffiti stencils were bullshit… I’d think he was a pretentious asshole. Same policy applies to improv.

Jastroch · Post by **Jastroch** » July 13th, 2010, 6:30 pm

Ditto. Awesome and perfect quote.

dukeharbison · Post by **dukeharbison** » July 13th, 2010, 6:33 pm

I third that quote's perfection and awesomeness.

PyroDan · Post by **PyroDan** » July 13th, 2010, 10:24 pm

Exactly how I feel, and put better than I could ever formulate

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · July 14th, 2010, 8:24 pm

i agree completely, but still don't like short form. i'm complicated like that.

York99 · Post by **York99** » July 14th, 2010, 10:32 pm

I gotta say that it comes across as ironically closed-minded about people's differing tastes when trying to be open-minded about accepting different forms of art.

I accept his opinion, though.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » July 14th, 2010, 10:43 pm

the_reverend wrote:i agree completely, but still don't like short form. i'm complicated like that.

Same here, sort of. I don't much like short form, but I agree with the gist of what he's saying. I'm not fond of word choices like, "I can't stand folks who..." unless it's followed by something really hardcore like "... campaign to take away people's rights and freedom."

I hope that people gather from his words that there's a difference between having preferences, or likes and dislikes, and claiming or believing that something sucks. I don't think short form improv sucks, I think it's a perfectly valid art form. I just don't generally enjoy watching it or performing it. Generally. There are exceptions. Like Jordan said, I'm complicated like that.

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » July 15th, 2010, 12:01 pm

Then you guys will love the Narrative Longform workshop on Sunday at 3:30pm!

http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/d ... eworkshops

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · July 15th, 2010, 6:05 pm

Jeff wrote:
the_reverend wrote:i agree completely, but still don't like short form. i'm complicated like that.
Same here, sort of. I don't much like short form, but I agree with the gist of what he's saying. I'm not fond of word choices like, "I can't stand folks who..." unless it's followed by something really hardcore like "... campaign to take away people's rights and freedom."

I hope that people gather from his words that there's a difference between having preferences, or likes and dislikes, and claiming or believing that something sucks. I don't think short form improv sucks, I think it's a perfectly valid art form. I just don't generally enjoy watching it or performing it. Generally. There are exceptions. Like Jordan said, I'm complicated like that.

exactly. i don't particularly care for DOING short form most of the time, or at least the particularly "gamey" games. but watching someone who loves the crap out of it and is amazing at it is always a delight.

to further his analogy...saying film or photography "sucks" is a far cry away from expecting Spielberg to put together a portfolio of stills or Liebowitz to suddenly jump into features.