In considering the nature of and mechanics of stand-up comedy it has come to my attention that love is rarely spoken of and when it is, it is usually mocked and reviled. I am curious about the idea of creating comedy about love from a different perspective. This blog is intended to give people a chance to submit stories and ideas that are based on things they have learned and experienced because of love. I am going to use some of these stories and ideas to help develop material for a stand-up show entirely devoted to the subject of romantic love and what it means and does to people. I am looking for things that are as real as possible and not things that are presented as comedy; I want to know as much as possible about the subject, and then turn it into comedy. Please let me know your genuine thoughts, ideas, experiences and emotions, don't submit a comedy piece.
The title of the project (and the blog) is "Love told me" and I hope this helps to provide a sense of direction. What I am interested in finding out is what you learned and experienced specifically because you were or are in love. Love can tell you many things, people have done some amazing things because of it - I want to know what some of them are. I would also like to clarify that I am talking specifically about romantic love: loving another person. Not the love of a car, or a dog or a football team.
If you have something you would like to submit please click on "comments" below and let me know - I will be creating a website soon to help showcase some of the content that I receive - stay tuned. I am very excited about this project and look forward to hearing from as many people as possible so please do spread the word.
A million tiny thanks ............. Christopher
my stand-up blog is at: standupstuff.blogspot.com
Okay, I will be the first. Having been somewhat superficial most of my life I had the ideal man pictured in my mind, you know, underwear model perfect, oh yes and he had to be extremely well spoken, romantic, well manicured, educated, European manners ( in other words perfect etiquette as I was brought up that way). I had a list 23 items long. I have a history of meeting men that are somewhat kind to me, sweet but always passively aggressive, getting what they wanted in the relationship and I was the nurturer. Mother, Wife, Nurse, Sex toy, trophy etc.
ReplyDeleteUntil I met my guy...who I pushed away the longest time even though he possessed almost all of the itemized list of wants I had in a man. He is not underwear model perfect, has manicure issues on feet, is a little gruff and very Canadian but still polite, a perfect gentleman, the nurturer in our relationship and he treats me like I am a goddess, princess and everything to him. I almost tossed all that away and am so happy to see the person he is on the inside, his whole heart and soul meshes with me and who I am. I have never felt so much in love on such an intimate level and am so happy I gave us a chance. I could go on and on about the qualities we share but I know I will never be bored as he is spontaneous, romantic and generous and I am happy to look beyond the exterior to see my Prince.