**(asking for a friend)**
(this is kinda urgent) I’m going to this competition soon that has an interpretive reading component. Participants are to pick books/plays/novels/collections of poems, give an introduction to them, and then narrate it in the voices of the characters since more dialouge is preferred. I’m pretty good with funny books/funny dialogue with a dark context. We can really only express ourselves using our voices and facial expressions.
It should be just like the scene where Clevinger is being questioned by Lieutenant Scheisskopf in catch-22. Since catch-22 has already been done really well in this competition so I need an alternative. What made it great for the competition was that it was funny and still highlighted the grim context the scene was based on. The different voices of different characters really played well with the judges. If you guys could suggest something like that it would be so helpful.
Here’s a snippet from catch-22, it contains the humour i’m referring to:
Do you understand? Will you speak up, please? I couldn’t hear you.’
‘Yes, sir. I -‘
‘Metcalf, is that your foot I’m stepping on?’
‘No, sir. It must be Lieutenant Scheisskopf’s foot.’
‘It isn’t my foot,’ said Lieutenant Scheisskopf.
‘Then maybe it is my foot after all,’ said Major Metcalf.
‘Move it.’
‘Yes, sir. You’ll have to move your foot first, colonel. It’s on top of mine.’
‘Are you telling me to move my foot?’
‘No, sir. Oh, no, sir.’
‘Then move your foot and keep your stupid mouth shut. Will you speak up, please? I
still couldn’t hear you.’
‘Yes, sir. I said that I didn’t say that you couldn’t punish me.’
‘Just what the hell are you talking about?’
‘I’m answering your question, sir.’
‘What question?’
by International-Ant485