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23 contributions to Ventriloquists' Guild
2d •
Leaderboard Winners
This week’s leaderboard winners are Jai Cotterill 🥇 Paul Greggs 🥈 Timothy Spatz 🥉 Thank you to all the members of The Ventriloquists’ Guild for making this a wonderful place to be.
0 likes • 19h
Congrats to Jai, Paul and Timothy. Nice to see people showing up for each other.
5d •
"My name is Nutso."
Just so you know, after a show, when people come up to my friend and me and ask a question about my "dummy," he hides his head and turns away. I try to comfort him, then explain that he finds the term demeaning and cannot talk with them. He prefers to be called by his name, or as a "vent figure". If they say they are sorry, he brightens up and talks with them. Even after a show, we stay in character. The conversation often ends with a selfie, and sometimes, another booking. If your culture is different, no problem.
0 likes • 3d
Staying in character after the show is a great touch. People remember a selfie with Nutso a lot longer than the show itself, and that's how the next booking happens.
0 likes • 3d
I did magic for crowds in bars, not schools, but I'd guess school shows are a whole different room. Kids let you know right away if something isn't landing. How have the bookings been this year?
15d •
What’s the best advice you’ve gotten?
My best advice was: “Focus on your own journey. It’s a marathon and not a sprint.”
3 likes • 15d
@Jai Cotterill That makes me think the character needs an opinion before it needs a voice, Jai. Otherwise I'd just be arguing with myself in a different pitch. When you're developing one, do you start with what they want or with something that annoys them?
0 likes • 10d
Thanks for telling me about Ray, Jai. That’s a memorable way to explain it: a great-looking figure can still end up with nothing to say. Your three questions about where they come from, what they love and what they fear give the character somewhere to start before choosing a voice.
0 likes • 14d
“The Silence of the Lambs” is a tough booking for a talking puppet. 😂 Nicely done, April.
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