FORE
WORD
“Challenging the Process” also requires
courage. Sometimes feedback on ideas will
- Trey Kalny improve upon existing methods, and sometimes
A few years ago, I moved to Chicago to Challenging the Process, not Changing the
pursue a career in comedy. During my time in the Process. Every new idea is a fledging concept that
city, I performed and wrote for several different can only blossom into an effective solution when
sketch groups. As any comedian will tell you, there leaders have the courage to voice their thoughts,
aren’t too many rules in comedy, but there is often secure in the understanding that success- like in
a lot of collaboration. Someone will pitch an idea, sketch comedy- is only achieved by being unafraid
and other members of the group will comment on to fail.
how to make it funnier- if that’s even possible. It
takes a lot of courage to share a thought and
subject it to the critiques of others; equally, there’s
a certain bravery in offering insight on someone
else’s idea.
Sometimes that feedback will help
transform an initial pitch into a
funny/beautiful/moving piece of art, but a lot of
times it won’t.
they may not. But that’s why it’s called
“Challenging the Process” also
requires courage. Sometimes
feedback on ideas will improve upon
existing methods, and sometimes
they may not."
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