Impro
Keith Johnstone
17 people recommended it in 12 threads, 2009–2024.
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What people on Hacker News said
Impro, by Keith Johnstone - great primer on improvisation, really made me appreciate its impacts beyond just the theater, for example the importance of status in social relations
Both, however, pale compared to Keith Johnstone's earlier Impro: Improvisation and the Theater, which is a life-changing book about what improvisation can teach us about spontaneous creativity and relationships between people.
Nominally about improvisation theatre, but has many insights about human behavior you will not find anywhere else, especially about status hierarchies.
It's about theatre, human flaws and taking back your self-expression. I'd gift it to anyone I know, if I could.
Impro by Keith Johnston I found on here and has many unique and radical views about how our society functions and it’s pretty amazing.
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