South Beach Sessions - Edi Patterson
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How did Edi Patterson's upbringing influence her comedic style?
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This is a bit surreal for me. Thank you for being with us. Edie Patterson is obviously the writer and one of the stars of The Righteous Gemstones, one of the best comedies done in 10 years. But her whole career has been interesting to watch. And so I'm really interested in delving into your creative soul. So thank you for being with us.
Thanks for having me. Seriously.
She's got a new movie out, Brian, with William H. Macy and others. You're traveling in a very rarefied air now, and she's got a one-person play, Playgirl. So let's start just there. How do you arrive at a place where you want one light on you and you're going to do, it's going to be all you, nobody else?
yeah well i uh the play play girl is all improvised and so it for the most part comes out of my improv background that's a huge part of my background i've been improvising for a long long time And I had done some solo stuff.
What challenges did Edi face while creating 'The Righteous Gemstones'?
A woman, Deanna Oliver at the Groundlings, had conceived of this really cool thing called One, where she would have her favorite improvisers improvise a one-person show. And she had certain things that... were a part of it like she would have the audience build three sets on the stage and she would ask the audience what's the name of this person doing this one-person show um and you kind of always knew because it was a one-person show you'll be breaking the fourth wall you'll be talking to the audience sometimes and anyway I'd had a little experience with that and it was um sort of mind bending and thrilling to improvise by myself, which I had never done before. And the first time I did it, right before I did it, I had done the regular improv show at the Groundlings.
And I remember watching two of my friends do a scene and I was laughing so hard and just feeling the magic of improv and the thing of The thing of seeing in real time, oh, this person's idea isn't what's happening and this person's idea isn't what's happening. Their ideas met in the air and squished up and now this magic is happening. And it hit me like a cold chill and I thought, what did I agree to do tonight? Why would I do this by myself? That's not what this is. What is this going to be? And I quickly realized through doing that show with her, oh, if I let it happen, it can be a lot of people on stage with me.
Right.
How does Edi describe her one-woman show 'Playgirl'?
You're creating all of them, right? It's your creativity run amok.
Totally. And I can count on them and mess with them the way that I would do other improvisers. And they're all me. But I remember that became super, super clear. One of the early ones I did with her, I had improvised a dorm room. There were like six or seven kids in a dorm room. And I was one of them. And I was all of them.
But I was the main character. I was going to correct you, yes.
Yes, I was all of them. But I had improvised a door coming onto the stage. And there's two practical doors there.
What role does improvisation play in Edi's performances?
But I didn't use either one of those. I improvised a door. And then when I went to leave as the main character, I couldn't remember which way the door went and where the knob was. And in a split second in my head, I thought, ask that guy. And so I asked that guy, who's me, and he knew. And I was like, oh, okay. So I can just let myself go crazy and it'll be fun.
All right, so this is a weird question, but have you always had an assortment of voices in your head and now this allows you to bring some of them to life?
You know, I... i've always liked i've always loved characters and gravitating toward characters and creating characters and staring at people and wanting to do them for my family and yeah i don't know if it was ever a collection before this um But it's a very interesting and weird sensation. And then especially with Playgirl, which I started doing, which has no format on it. It's just a completely improvised play by myself. And I talk to the audience for a while and I get some notions. I get them to talk to me a little.
How does Edi connect with her characters emotionally?
They name the play. They tell me some other stuff. And then I just start. And the thing that's been... interesting is it's always every time I've done it I've done it probably nine or ten times now every time I've done it it's the length of a real play and I think probably that comes from
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Edi Patterson's upbringing influence her comedic style?
0:04–1:23
2
What challenges did Edi face while creating 'The Righteous Gemstones'?
1:23–3:09
3
How does Edi describe her one-woman show 'Playgirl'?
3:09–3:49
4
What role does improvisation play in Edi's performances?
3:49–5:05
5
How does Edi connect with her characters emotionally?
5:05–6:08
6
What insights does Edi share about collaboration in comedy?
6:08–7:00
7
How has Edi's perspective on comedy evolved over her career?
7:00–8:11
8
What are Edi's thoughts on the importance of authenticity in performance?
8:11–1:05:19
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