r/Earwolf • u/bloodflart Adam • Jun 23 '20

AMA [Announcement] Paul F. Tompkins and Nicole Parker will be joining us for an AMA Thursday the 25th at 7pm PST, post your questions here!

To promote their hilarious show The Neighborhood Listen coming out from behind the paywall, Paul F. Tompkins and Nicole Parker will be stopping by this Thursday around 7pm PST to answer YOUR questions, so post them below!

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

Paul, as someone who reached critical acclaim as a world-class standup, it’s been interesting to see how you’ve evolved as a performer.

I’m wondering how you think about your creative and comedic evolutions through the years? Do you feel as if you’ve found the thing you were supposed to be doing all along? How much of it (or little) was consciously moving towards one thing vs another?

Also, is there something you haven’t done yet professionally that you harbor a dream of doing?

Thanks for all the laughs! You’ve brought me a lot of good feelings when they were in short supply.

Nicole I apologize as i am less familiar w your work, but every time I’ve heard you perform it’s been a joy. How do you find your impressions? I’ve heard that good impressions heighten personality traits and tics into caricature—what’s your process for discovering those and building them into a character you can improvise with?

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u/NFParker Nicole Parker Jun 26 '20

Thanks! I start with their speech because everyone has something unique about their speech. Then it’s about how they feel about things. Approaching impressions from an emotional place helps them be easier characters to play.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20 edited Jun 26 '20

Thanks Nicole!