Dull College reading made fun by overacting?
A silly idea hit me. I was to have a group of highschool students read a play outloud together. Few wanted to take the different roles and they mortified when I suggested to read it with a bit of passion. To spur things on, I decided to take a part and I figured I must put the passion I asked of them into it.
I was soon shouting and overacting and making a fool of myself. Unfamiliar with the play, I often started a line in an angry voice when it was supposed to be the voice of moderation, or I’d act sad, discovering by the context at the end that I should have been happy. It was pure silliness but it kept most of the students awake.
How about taking a very dry commonly assigned college reading and making a dramatic mess out of it? I figure something public domain like Plato or Machiavelli. Shout Scream Cry and laugh as I plod through reading it into my recording equipment.
Any suggestions of a dull book that could be enlivened.
Many of these books are actually dear to people and not dull at all.