In General Interp, Which Wins More: Dramatic Or Humerous?

**CrispinOfOrion** · 03-31-2005, 07:52 PM

In junior year, we have just one general Interpretation Of Literature category, meaning its not broken up into Dramatic or Humorous. In this case, which type of piece do you think would win in this category: Dramatic or Humor? Humor or Dramatic? I'm wondering because my brother is thinking about doing it next year and doesnt know which he should go for...so what do you guys think?

Remember, this is for JUNIOR year, not SENIOR...Most of the categories are different (such as this one).

**AfRiCaNHI** · 03-31-2005, 08:22 PM

You spelled humor wrong, right?

Well, is it possible that you're talking about DP (Dramtic Performance)? Well, whether you are or you aren't I think that humorous will have the advantage. HI's have more characters, and for a lot of judges, an 8 character HI is probably more impressive than a 2 character DI. Also, i believe that humor does have something to do with it. Many people prefer to laugh than cry. A lot of this is stuff that I've seen/experienced.

**Chewie** · 03-31-2005, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by CrispinOfOrion

In junior year, we have just one general Interpretation Of Literature category, meaning its not broken up into Dramatic or Humerous.

They already have this event...it's called duo. :P

Sorry, I don't mean to be an ***, but really, all we have to do is look to duo interp and see how the dramatic and humorous pieces compare there. In my experience, it's really been about 50/50, and the best performance, regardless of the theme, tends to win.

**CrispinOfOrion** · 04-01-2005, 08:05 AM

They already have this event...it's called duo. :P

Actually, its not duo interp. There is only ONE person performing, not two. This category I'm talking about is for the Middle School Speech Team, not High School, so its really different (we dont have duo interp in Junior, only duo acting and duo improve.)

Sorry about the spelling. I kinda had to get off quickly.

**Chewie** · 04-01-2005, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by CrispinOfOrion

They already have this event...it's called duo. :P

Actually, its not duo interp. There is only ONE person performing, not two.

It was just a joke, my good sir. I understood. I was merely stating that for the argument of which does better, humor or drama, we can look at duo interp, since it displays both.

**AfRiCaNHI** · 04-02-2005, 08:25 AM

I'll ask again: Dramatic Performance?

**CrispinOfOrion** · 04-02-2005, 08:29 AM

Oh, sorry, my bad, lol. Great, now I feel like an idiot.

Sorry again chewchewtrain!

**CrispinOfOrion** · 04-02-2005, 08:30 AM

Its something like DP, yeah.

**ria** · 04-02-2005, 09:42 PM

interp of lit is similar to dp. it's the h.i. and d.i. of middle school, b/c they don't have these two separated. i never new middle school speech existed until high school, but i've helped coach some middle school kids since then. in my experience, like tuck said, if you can have both in a piece it's really good. if you can start the audience out laughing and end them on a tear, you've done something really good there.