Lazzi help

[AnnaK<3LMIP]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 5:37pm

So for my improv troupe, I have to come up with two examples of lazzi. I've been looking it up for the past week or so, and I would understand what it is, except that a lot of time the definitions or examples I've found were different from each other.

One site said that a lazzi is like a catch phrase used repeatedly, and their example of a modern lazzi was "How you doin'"? Or something of that nature.

Another site said it was the way the character made a grand entrance or stole the attention from the scene.

I'd appreciate any insight or advice.


P.S. I promise I used my library.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 5:54pm

Lazzi is a bit of well rehearsed comic action, usually used to bring on laughs or extend laughs. Think of it like a comic signature or "catch phrase".

Example: Lucille Ball had at least four of them:

when she used to cry (waaaah, but Ricky)

when she curled her lip and went eeeeewwww

when she was in trouble and bugged her eyes and made an O out of her mouth

when she shook her fists and went "drat"

Updated On: 7/10/07 at 05:54 PM