2012-2013/1.1 - Kentucky High School Speech League

KHSSL Handbook 33 2012-2013/1.1HUMOROUS INTERPRETATIONSenior Division OnlyRules1. In this event, each student performs a published piece of humorous literature, which may be amonologue or dialogue.2. The maximum time is ten minutes, including a required introduction. There is a thirty secondgrace period, after which the student must be dropped in rank/rating. No violation of the grace period inRegional/State Semifinal or Final rounds may result in disqualification. No performance violating the graceperiod may receive ‘1’ in the round.3. The scene may come from a published play, novel, short story, or movie script. Any decision toedit literature from a different venue, potentially defying the author’s intent, to fit within this venue youdo at your own risk. Students will not be disqualified for doing so.4. The selection must be memorized.5. The cutting may be a monologue or dialogue.6. If transitions are used, no more than 10% may be narrative.7. Offstage focus must be employed when one character speaks to another character; however, ifthe speaker is supposed to address the audience, he/she may make eye contact.8. Limited movement is permissible in the introduction and during the selection. Limitedmovement is defined as movement within an area of three feet in diameter. The area may be used foractions including bending, stooping, turning, and pivoting. When a "teaser" taken directly from thescript is used in the introduction, this is considered part of the selection and movement is thereforerestricted as above.9. Coaches should strive to use scripts with an ISBN, ISSN, or IFFN. If the script does not have anISBN, ISSN, or IFFN, the coach or supervising adult should be able to prove the script was purchasedor obtained commercially, i.e. from a literary agent or publisher or bill of sale, or is publicly available byinternet URL and retrieval date. A selection is considered published if it has been presented for publicconsumption in the following places:a. on the commercial printed page.b. on the internet (at publicly available sites).c. read on the radio.d. read/recorded on the internet (e.g. YouTube).e. read in an open reading where the reading has been Recorded.f. read/recorded in TV or movie scripts.The guiding principle of this rule is equality of access to all members of the League.