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Even Improv Theatre Is a Dangerous Communist Subversion

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Johannes M. Koenraadt
Aug 19, 2026
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AMERICAN THEATRE | The Man Who Tickled the Great Intelligent Beast
Keith Johnstone, a seminal improv guru.

At first sight, improv theater seems fun and harmless, but upon closer inspection it appears to be a communist attempt at rewriting the basic rules of human interaction. Namely, it is the attempt to turn responsible human beings—who rely on the authority of experience—into careless, childlike imbeciles who think random emergent behavior is the solution to every problem.

Having suffered a traumatizing upbringing that scapegoated me, I took an interest in studying improv theatre after I found the book Improv by Keith Johnstone extremely helpful. The book explains how one can train oneself to adopt a higher status attitude through adopting high-status mannerisms, such as holding one’s head still when talking on listening. I started doing so and it fits me well because I wasn’t born to be subservient. My natural, inborn character is a lot more dominant than what I was allowed to express throughout my childhood and teenage years of development.

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