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Rachel Jane Andelmanis a writer, performer, and coach living in the Boston area.
you could visit her websitehere, read herhere, and watch her accost strangershere.
If you are in Boston on March 2nd, shes recommends you seethis.
Shut up loser, were going to Aokigahara, the Suicide Forestpic.twitter.com/ROvVcvfJrX
I likeMean Girlsa lot!
Its a fun and pleasant movie to think about, and has a lot of memorable moments.
Im happy it has stayed alive in internet culture.
(I really like Jamie Loftuss takehere.)
That was so wild.
I guess Im naive.
Thats insane that your tweet pre-dates Logan Paul.
You got a lot of replies on this one whats the wildest Twitter interaction youve had?
My favorite interaction was with James Urbaniak.
That same day, he sent me a tweet where hedrecorded all the voicesin the style of theSNLopening.
It was completely unexpected and lovely.
I was so happy he thought they were funny enough to use for a recording.
I think Im drawn to tweets in this style thanks to my theater training.
A common kind of scene I see there is a blackout scene.
Successful blackout scenes are extremely fun to watch.
You feel like youve witnessed something special.
Then theyd get swept.I think theres a lot of joy in this kind of play.
Im happy I have practice seeing the world this way.
Do you ever turn improvised bits or sketches into short tweets?
Or take tweets to develop into sketches?
You know, Ive actually been using my tweets as inspiration forstandup!
I love a good sketch.
There are some amazing sketch groups in Boston.
Currently my collaborative energies have all been going into improv.
As a standup, I get to be the boss, which is fun.
I dont know that Ive ever turned an improvised bit into a tweet.
I really enjoy the process of starting from scratch.
Do you ever draft and edit tweets before sending?
I used to, but kind of gave up the idea of a drafts folder at some point.
My feeling is carrying that attitude into tweet writing helps.
If I cant make a joke work after a couple of minutes, Ill just discard it.
Sometimes Ill remember the joke later, along with a new idea on how to spin it.
But I think its fine for that work to happen in your head.
Whats a tweet you were really proud of but didnt get much attention?
I really love Groucho Marxs joke Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
I feel like myCronenberg tweetis the closest Ive ever come to that level.
Karen Cheeis a is a writer/performer who contributes regularly toThe New YorkerandMcSweeneys.
