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Is improv comedy a metaphor for democracy?

Early improvisational greats Elaine May and Mike Nichols.
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Early improvisational greats Elaine May and Mike Nichols.

According to author Sam Wasson, it is. He sat down with Bill Radke to talk about his new book, "Improv Nation." The book explores what Wasson calls a great American art. Improv was founded by a social worker named Viola Spolin, who used it to help connect immigrant kids who didn’t share a language or culture. From there it gave us Nichols and May, Second City, and the early careers of many comic luminaries.

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