Usenet Posted 21 years ago
Screenwriting
Why do you hate "The Sound of Music?"
I'm working (or not working, as it happens) on a rant.
We're writing a light little domestic comedy and one of the scenes involves a husband who's hooked on the History Channel and his wife, hoping to rekindle a common bond, tries to get him to snuggle up and watch "The Sound of Music" with her.
"They're both about World War II!" is one of her arguments.
When my writing partner and I were working out the story, I was on a roll. If I'd had a tape recorder with me at the time, this post would be unnecessary. But I can't remember what I said and now I have to recreate it.
All I have is shreds. "It's demeaning to the war! It turns the Nazis into a chorus line! 'Schnitzel with kittens and boxes with mittens!' It's like a bus-and-truck production of 'Hair' starring the Manson Family! It doesn't need an intermission, it needs a break for insulin shots!..."
Oh, well, it seemed funny at the time.
This is precisely the kind of situation in which I used to be able to call up Brick and take notes.
Alas, I fear that mis-writing-moderated-screenplays suffers from severe curmudgeon-deficiency anemia.
Prove me wrong.
Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."
Joe Myers
"All good lines will be stolen."
We're writing a light little domestic comedy and one of the scenes involves a husband who's hooked on the History Channel and his wife, hoping to rekindle a common bond, tries to get him to snuggle up and watch "The Sound of Music" with her.
"They're both about World War II!" is one of her arguments.
When my writing partner and I were working out the story, I was on a roll. If I'd had a tape recorder with me at the time, this post would be unnecessary. But I can't remember what I said and now I have to recreate it.
All I have is shreds. "It's demeaning to the war! It turns the Nazis into a chorus line! 'Schnitzel with kittens and boxes with mittens!' It's like a bus-and-truck production of 'Hair' starring the Manson Family! It doesn't need an intermission, it needs a break for insulin shots!..."
Oh, well, it seemed funny at the time.
This is precisely the kind of situation in which I used to be able to call up Brick and take notes.
Alas, I fear that mis-writing-moderated-screenplays suffers from severe curmudgeon-deficiency anemia.
Prove me wrong.
Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."
Joe Myers
"All good lines will be stolen."
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[nq:1]I'm working (or not working, as it happens) on a rant. We're writing a light little domestic comedy and one ... fear that mis-writing-moderated-screenplays suffers from severe curmudgeon-deficiency anemia.
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[nq:1]I'm working (or not working, as it happens) on a rant. We're writing a light little domestic comedy and one ... fear that mis-writing-moderated-screenplays suffers from severe curmudgeon-deficiency anemia. Prove me wrong. Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."[/nq]
If you need a curmudgeon I can tell you what Christopher Plummer thinks of it. He calls it The Sound of Mucus.
If you need a curmudgeon I can tell you what Christopher Plummer thinks of it. He calls it The Sound of Mucus.
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[nq:2]I'm working (or not working, as it happens) on a ... wrong. Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."[/nq]
[nq:1]If you need a curmudgeon I can tell you what Christopher Plummer thinks of it. He calls it The Sound of Mucus.[/nq]
Except the entire cast was on Good Morning America recently and it was the most pleasant group of people you could imagine. Plummer was absent and they laug
[nq:1]If you need a curmudgeon I can tell you what Christopher Plummer thinks of it. He calls it The Sound of Mucus.[/nq]
Except the entire cast was on Good Morning America recently and it was the most pleasant group of people you could imagine. Plummer was absent and they laug
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[nq:2]If you need a curmudgeon I can tell you what Christopher Plummer thinks of it. He calls it The Sound of Mucus.[/nq]
[nq:1]Except the entire cast was on Good Morning America recently and it was the most pleasant group of people you ... through artistic works. The hills will never be alive with the sound of curmudgeony, except in the caves of Hollywood.[/nq]
I don't care what anyone sa
[nq:1]Except the entire cast was on Good Morning America recently and it was the most pleasant group of people you ... through artistic works. The hills will never be alive with the sound of curmudgeony, except in the caves of Hollywood.[/nq]
I don't care what anyone sa
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[nq:1]Alas, I fear that mis-writing-moderated-screenplays suffers from severe curmudgeon-deficiency anemia. Prove me wrong.[/nq]
What???!! I've been trying ard - REAL hard - to soften up and be nice, and now you tell me I shoulda stayed a crank all along?
Arrumpf!
jaybee
[nq:1]Alas, I fear that mis-writing-moderated-screenplays suffers from severe curmudgeon-deficiency anemia. Prove me wrong.[/nq]
What???!! I've been trying ard - REAL hard - to soften up and be nice, and now you tell me I shoulda stayed a crank all along?
Arrumpf!
jaybee
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[nq:2]Except the entire cast was on Good Morning America recently ... the sound of curmudgeony, except in the caves of Hollywood.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't care what anyone says. You are all heart.[/nq]
Thanks. I really believe that all of us want to say something meaningful and even helpful with our writing. I might have political opinions that clash with others, but when it comes to good
[nq:1]I don't care what anyone says. You are all heart.[/nq]
Thanks. I really believe that all of us want to say something meaningful and even helpful with our writing. I might have political opinions that clash with others, but when it comes to good
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Beware of Flying Monkeys, on the way to the fridge for snacks on 11/29/2005 stopped to say :
[nq:1]Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."[/nq]
Well, I can always use the standard, "Because there're no black people in it", but otherwise I guess I'm not curmudgeonly enough to hate it. In fact, I don't know if I've even seen it all the way through.
Jeri Jo & Little Garcia Bear
[nq:1]Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."[/nq]
Well, I can always use the standard, "Because there're no black people in it", but otherwise I guess I'm not curmudgeonly enough to hate it. In fact, I don't know if I've even seen it all the way through.
Jeri Jo & Little Garcia Bear
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[nq:1]Beware of Flying Monkeys, on the way to the fridge for snacks on 11/29/2005 stopped to say :[/nq]
[nq:2]Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, I can always use the standard, "Because there're no black people in it", but otherwise I guess I'm not curmudgeonly enough to hate it. In fact, I don't know if I've even seen it all the way through.
[nq:1]Beware of Flying Monkeys, on the way to the fridge for snacks on 11/29/2005 stopped to say :[/nq]
[nq:2]Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, I can always use the standard, "Because there're no black people in it", but otherwise I guess I'm not curmudgeonly enough to hate it. In fact, I don't know if I've even seen it all the way through.
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[nq:2]Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, I can always use the standard, "Because there're no black people in it", but otherwise I guess I'm not curmudgeonly enough to hate it. In fact, I don't know if I've even seen it all the way through.[/nq]
I went to Burlington VT the other week for a blues concert. Black music, right? But Vermont being the whitest state in the
[nq:1]Well, I can always use the standard, "Because there're no black people in it", but otherwise I guess I'm not curmudgeonly enough to hate it. In fact, I don't know if I've even seen it all the way through.[/nq]
I went to Burlington VT the other week for a blues concert. Black music, right? But Vermont being the whitest state in the
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[nq:1]Beware of Flying Monkeys, on the way to the fridge for snacks on 11/29/2005 stopped to say :[/nq]
[nq:2]Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, I can always use the standard, "Because there're no black people in it", but otherwise I guess I'm not curmudgeonly enough to hate it. In fact, I don't know if I've even seen it all the way through.[/nq]
Sounds racist
[nq:2]Tell me why you hate "The Sound of Music."[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, I can always use the standard, "Because there're no black people in it", but otherwise I guess I'm not curmudgeonly enough to hate it. In fact, I don't know if I've even seen it all the way through.[/nq]
Sounds racist
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[nq:2]Beware of Flying Monkeys, on the way to the fridge ... know if I've even seen it all the way through.[/nq]
[nq:1]Sounds racist to me.[/nq]
Perceptive isn't the word.
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life. Lawrence Kasdan
[nq:1]Sounds racist to me.[/nq]
Perceptive isn't the word.
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life. Lawrence Kasdan
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