Summary
Six players line up in pairs (left, center, right), and each pair gets its own suggestion. One pair starts a scene. At any moment, a player from another pair can clap to start their own scene, and the new scene’s first line must repeat the last line just spoken. Works with at least 4 players; 6 is best. Teaches justification: taking any line and making it belong in a new context.
More Detail
- Players line up in pairs: left, center, right. Each pair gets a suggestion.
- One pair starts. Any player from another pair can clap at any moment to begin their own scene.
- The new scene opens with the last line just spoken in the old one.
- Tip: Don’t wait for the perfect line. The fun is justifying any line in a new context.
Example
The left pair is two campers arguing over a tent: “And that’s why you never trust a monkey with the map.” Clap. The center pair, whose suggestion was a dentist’s office, opens with: “And that’s why you never trust a monkey with the map. Now open wide.”