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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
Screenwriting
The Michael Jackson trial reconstructions
I presume these have been showing in the US as well as the UK? A daily twenty-five minute "yesterday's highlights" show, using actors and a script culled from the court transcripts, linked by a presenter. What do people think? Given the speed of production, I've found them rather impressive: certainly the performances have been good, with rarely a hint that the cast must be reading from autocues or idiot boards.
Some of the court procedures have seemed rather strange to someone used to the British system (and I wish the broadcasting company over here had put together a programme explaining those differences) but as a slice of daily low-budget drama, I at least have been hooked...
Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk
Some of the court procedures have seemed rather strange to someone used to the British system (and I wish the broadcasting company over here had put together a programme explaining those differences) but as a slice of daily low-budget drama, I at least have been hooked...
Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk
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Agreed; these are cool. And Jimmy Kimmel did a good job impersonating Jay Leno. I guy impersonating Chris Tucker didn't look like him but had his voice down cold.
- Agreed; these are cool.
- And Jimmy Kimmel did a good job impersonating Jay Leno.
- I guy impersonating Chris Tucker didn't look like him but had his voice down cold.
- Lois
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Agreed; these are cool. And Jimmy Kimmel did a good job impersonating Jay Leno. I guy impersonating Chris Tucker didn't look like him but had his voice down cold.
Lois
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these things were creepier than spiders at midnight. I lantern hung on all that is wrong with america.
well, that's how I felt before I changed the channel. glad to hear it's not playing like that to others
well, that's how I felt before I changed the channel. glad to hear it's not playing like that to others
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[nq:1]These things were creepier than spiders at midnight.[/nq]
Are you able to pinpoint exactly why you felt that way? Were you disturbed by the whole concept of impersonating real people? Personally, I just admired the craft: how quickly the scripts must have been put together, how neatly the shows were directed, and - especially - how well they were performed.
Bert
Are you able to pinpoint exactly why you felt that way? Were you disturbed by the whole concept of impersonating real people? Personally, I just admired the craft: how quickly the scripts must have been put together, how neatly the shows were directed, and - especially - how well they were performed.
Bert
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[nq:2]These things were creepier than spiders at midnight.[/nq]
[nq:1]Are you able to pinpoint exactly why you felt that way? Were you disturbed by the whole concept of impersonating ... been put together, how neatly the shows were directed, and - especially - how well they were performed. Bert http://www.bertcoules.co.uk
[nq:1]Are you able to pinpoint exactly why you felt that way? Were you disturbed by the whole concept of impersonating ... been put together, how neatly the shows were directed, and - especially - how well they were performed. Bert http://www.bertcoules.co.uk
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[nq:1]The idea that court proceedings, which I view as news*, are acted out, thereby relegating them to *entertainmentfor me, ... doesn't creep me out, but this acting of the day's court proceedings did. My own little quirk, I'm sure
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Mysti,
[nq:1]I wasn't that impressed with the practicals, and saw the performersflub lines...[/nq]
I had the impression that they were trying to recreate the actual hesitations and repetitions in the transcripts.
[nq:1]...and clearly reading stuff...[/nq]
That I didn't notice.
Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co
[nq:1]I wasn't that impressed with the practicals, and saw the performersflub lines...[/nq]
I had the impression that they were trying to recreate the actual hesitations and repetitions in the transcripts.
[nq:1]...and clearly reading stuff...[/nq]
That I didn't notice.
Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co
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[nq:1]And then I remembered... This is America. We'll watch anything that's put in front of us.[/nq]
I remember when there was the big push to popularize soccer as a televised sport in the US and a British consultant was raving that they'd gotten some number say, 7% of the US television audience to watch this important match. One of the American producers said he had to explain to the Brit tha
I remember when there was the big push to popularize soccer as a televised sport in the US and a British consultant was raving that they'd gotten some number say, 7% of the US television audience to watch this important match. One of the American producers said he had to explain to the Brit tha
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[nq:1]One of the American producers said he had to explain to the Brit that you could get 7% of the American audience to watch a guy bounce a ping-pong ball on his belly for a couple hours.[/nq]
I'd pay to watch Anna Nicole Smith do that.
In a tub of Jell-o.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
I'd pay to watch Anna Nicole Smith do that.
In a tub of Jell-o.
"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you've got something to say."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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[nq:1]Agreed; these are cool. And Jimmy Kimmel did a good job impersonating Jay Leno. I guy impersonating Chris Tucker didn't look like him but had his voice down cold. Lois[/nq]
Yes. My impression of Kimmel's talent went up a lot. They are pretty amazing to be as good as they are on such short timing I agree. I think it is no more offensive than any of the reality shows. Better than the one w
Yes. My impression of Kimmel's talent went up a lot. They are pretty amazing to be as good as they are on such short timing I agree. I think it is no more offensive than any of the reality shows. Better than the one w
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[nq:1]I remember when there was the big push to popularize soccer as a televised sport in the US and a ... 7% of the American audience to watch a guy bounce a ping-pong ball on his belly for a couple hours.[/nq]
****, Alan, I'd probably watch that! I mean, bouncing a ping-pong ball on his belly for a couple of hours is something a person could actually wager on!
Cool! What ch
****, Alan, I'd probably watch that! I mean, bouncing a ping-pong ball on his belly for a couple of hours is something a person could actually wager on!
Cool! What ch
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