
Scenes
From Mix-Up to Exit: Building a Sketch with Escalation
Sketch escalation turns one mix-up into a comic arc, helping each beat change the characters’ choices and giving the…
Follow the shifts in status, timing and information that make a comic scene work.

Sketch escalation turns one mix-up into a comic arc, helping each beat change the characters’ choices and giving the…
Urban Comedy Review looks at the choices beneath comic effect: what a line sets up, what a character misses and when a scene changes direction.