I remember that a guy in Minneapolis had a script called "I Hate Speed-dating". I heard a table reading of it in 2003. (Remember the Jungle Theater, near Lake Street.) This film reminded me of "Brent".
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
"Bad Boy's Group Session": Screenwriting lessons for gay comedy?
Artie O’Daly has a series of short films called “Bad Boy”,
whose subject matter seems elusive.
Film #10 (like a Symphony #10) is called “Bad Boy's Group
Session”. An African-American woman counsels
a young screenwriter (think “Adaptation” with Nicholas Cage playing twin screenwriters) in a group session with other
characters, including another guy who is the screenwriter’s would-be boy
friend.
There is a lot of word salad, with some alliterations, puns
and metaphors, one referring to the scene in “Fargo” where one of the villains
falls into a wood chipper (making an ending "piece-ful").
But the idea here seems to be that the writers have to come
up with what will really sell to agents. Comedy writing for series is very
hard.
I remember that a guy in Minneapolis had a script called "I Hate Speed-dating". I heard a table reading of it in 2003. (Remember the Jungle Theater, near Lake Street.) This film reminded me of "Brent".
I remember that a guy in Minneapolis had a script called "I Hate Speed-dating". I heard a table reading of it in 2003. (Remember the Jungle Theater, near Lake Street.) This film reminded me of "Brent".
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