NBL Lay Up Comepition

Symptoms : Skit seems real long.

Diagnosis : No Better Than the Real Thing Syndrome. In making a parody of something slow-paced and boring, make a parody that is also slow-paced and boring, and thus lacking in the tight pacing required to keep the comedy ball in the air.

Treatment : A good stiff re-editing, throwing away lots of perfectly sho... more >

Symptoms : Skit seems real long.

Diagnosis : No Better Than the Real Thing Syndrome. In making a parody of something slow-paced and boring, make a parody that is also slow-paced and boring, and thus lacking in the tight pacing required to keep the comedy ball in the air.

Treatment : A good stiff re-editing, throwing away lots of perfectly shot scenes and paying less attention to making the thing “exactly like the thing you’re paordying” and more on laughter.