This is the blog for the Stage Movement Class at Metro State University in Denver. We'll be discussing our readings and viewings for class here.

Apr 2, 2015

Neil Patrick Harris!

Clown Research

            My person, is Neil Patrick Harris and his work in How I Met Your Mother. Personally I think that if he was to be considered a clown then it would be the Auguste clown because they have the most slapstick comedy and, in my opinion are the funniest. If you have ever seen How I Met Your Mother and watched was Neil Patrick Harris, as Barney Stinson does, then it has to be some of the funniest things that you have ever seen. My best example would be when he enacts The Scuba Diver.
            Now in the show he does this perfectly to where you never see it coming but instead of quoting the show ill quote the book. (Yes I have the Play Book and the Bro Code, both by Barney Stinson). Quoted from Page 136 of The Play Book:
            Success Rate   1%
            Attracts            Chicks who think they can change dude, so pretty much all of them
            Requirements   oxygen tank, mask, flippers, wet suit, regular suit(for under wet                                           one)
            Prep Time     A few years
            Bummers         Wet Suit can cause skin rash

                        The Play
            1. Tell a meddlesome female friend about The Playbook
            2. Run a play on one of her coworkers, making her so angry she steals The Playbook.
            3. Put on the scuba suit and tell your friend you're going to do one more scam called "The Scuba Driver" on the hot girl standing by the bar
            4. Your friend, lets call her Lily, goes and talks to the girl and tells her everything about The Playbook.
            5. Lily and target will demand how The Scuba Diver works. Take off your mask and give them some spiel about your deep-seated insecurities, which don't really exist because lets face it, you're awesome.
            6. Now Lily will feel bad and talk you up to the target until she agrees to go get coffee with you.
            7. And it. Is. On.

                                    Warning!
            Be sure to rip these pages out before performing The Scuba Diver!

Now lets be honest if this isn't some of the funniest, cleverest thing I don’t know what is.
Because we think that he doesn't really know what he is doing when in reality he is in control of the whole situation which is just the best kind of clown out there!

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