Posted by MickCollins. at wkstn4-85.lxr.georgetown.edu on April 19, 2000 at 04:10:48:
In Reply to: to kev or any aspiring screenwriters... posted by IsaacsGlue on April 19, 2000 at 02:00:42:
: I'm having a personal problem, and I wonder if anybody has ever dealt with anything similar.::
Nope,never had genital herpes. Try some salves,but go see your doctor because herpe sores are one step towards skin cancer.
: I wrote a short script for a filmmaking class about a green bay packer fan who says fuck a lot, kicks the shit out of a bronco fan at a super bowl xxxii party, and falls in love with a shy chick at the same time. ::
Wow,it sounds like Citizen Kane without the sled.
: my on again off again girlfriend read it, said it degraded women and ridiculed the female characters in it. now the women in my scripts are like kevin's female characters, they are difficult to write because i am confused by women and every woman i've ever know has been pretty fucked up to say the least (slutty, stupid, etc.) I don't have much experience to
base it on. >>>>>>
Its like the old saying "poop attracts flies". You are poop. Metaphorically. Or the old cliche "Lie down with dogs,wake up with fleas.". But,in your case, it is not fleas,its genital herpes. "slutty and stupid"? I don't think its the wee-men who have the problem,I think you have the problem,brotha.
: anyhow, her criticism fucked with me, and it's almost driving me to disney up the script a little just to get in her good graces.::
Grow a backbone. If your gonna be a browneye,revel in the sphincter.
:: I say almost, because some things, like my art, shouldn't be governed by anyone else but me. ::
Anything involving the Green Bay Packers is not art. The Green Bay Packers are a team of drunken pill-poppers and Child Molesters. Hey,wait,I just described the Packers AND the Dallas Cowboys. And The Oakland Raiders. And the Miami Dolphins. Jaysus,the whole NFL. Except the Monsters of the Midway.
:: plus, the whole notion of anything disney sucks more than a handjob from a diabetic homeless man with the clap, so to speak.::
I'm thinking you base that comparison on direct experience.
: so, does anybody have any advice on the subject, based on past experiences and overall knowledge? ::
Yea,its called a re-write. A Page 1 rewrite to be exact.
:think i should change the script to keep her happy, yet knock off the edginess that happens to be my trademark. ::
I think you should rewrite it because it sounds pretty crappy.
::i don't expect much help on the subject, and if you want to belittle me for rolling over for my woman, so be it. i'm always up for a good-hearted joke at my expense.::
Then life has really put a smile on your face.Repeatedly.
: PS: if you want to read the script in question, jsut email me at gutter_is_a_tool@yahoo.com and i'll send it to you. just put "script" in the subject line somewhere so i know you're not some spamming virus carrying asshole.::
I think you sound like a virus carrying asshole. Genital herpes to be exact. Film 411,the link is on the top of the main page,has all sorts of film types bursting at the seams to rip into your Opie-pus.
: ISaacsGlue
I wish your Abraham had killed his Isaac.