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I got put out with someone the other day, for telling me that they lost the swing of a script they were reviewing for me. The scene was the protagonist having an opportunity to be charming, helpful, and all kinds of decent and instead turning into a cocky asshole trying to be charming and helpful and smooth. We block him out to focus on the gal who's just been crushed by his dropping the ball. Because the reviewer was uncomfortable with my leaving her in a good light and just letting the protagonist get it wrong, and then let them both not discuss it at a dinner with friends that night.
They literally - and this is someone of some note - said they were upset because they understood she must have done something to cause the protagonist to be an ass, but couldn't locate the impetus in the script. (There isn't any impetus; he just fucks up.) They apparently spent a considerable amount of time going back over the scene, trying to find some reason to not be sympathetic to her. Because, said the reviewer, women can do that. Women can make you be an asshole, just doing little things that make them look innocent when the event comes to light... and they thought that's where I was going with it.
After I was done being sick over that, I was just annoyed. Still annoyed, and glad they aren't interested in producing after the current hoohaw is settled. |
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Just not the noisy ones!