Sigh... it never fails. For as long as I've been doing improv, I've failed miserably at portraying women. Everyone on stage with me (and probably in the audience) thinks I'm trying to play an effeminate male. Must be because I look so manly. That's what I'll keep telling myself, anyway.
After a while, I gave up on trying to use my feminine wiles. Oh, I still portray women when the improv scene calls for it. But I don't alter my voice or my body language. Intentionally. I just make sure to specifically mention in some way that I'm a woman. One of the bigger chuckles that I got from the audience was in the game "Musical Audition." Each auditionee has to stand up and introduce themselves. I simply stood up and said, "Hi, my name is Jennifer." No attempt at a high pitched voice or low sultry voice. Just my normal Dylan voice.
Hey, it works. Try it sometime.
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awesome :)
ReplyDeleteNext time, don't forget to bat your eyes, give 'em your coy look, hook your thumbs in your belt & have a big wad of tabaccy in your cheek.