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Screenwriting

"The Office" -- Screenplay Episode

Anyone catch "The Office" last night?
Funny as always particularly so when they discovered Michael's screenplay in a drawer and had a table reading.
I like the way the show has grown. Hope it has enough support to stay the course.

Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed.
Frank Capra
  

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, I think his name was). However, the "love" story between the receptionist and the salesman just doesn't work. There seems to be no chemistry between the two actors, unlike the British version, where the actress that played Lucy really sold the part.

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  • , I think his name was).
  • However, the "love" story between the receptionist and the salesman just doesn't work.
  • There seems to be no chemistry between the two actors, unlike the British version, where the actress that played Lucy really sold the part.
  • On the American version, "Pam" is sorely in need of acting lessons, or maybe her character could be killed off in some sort of horrible accident (the more horrible, the better, IMHO).
  • As you may recall at the end of the English version, Lucy came to live in America.
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I think the character of Dwight is truly inspired, and much better than the same character in the English original (Gareth?, I think his name was).
However, the "love" story between the receptionist and the salesman just doesn't work. There seems to be no chemistry between the two actors, unlike the British version, where the actress that played Lucy really sold the part.
On the American v
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[nq:1]I think the character of Dwight is truly inspired, and much better than the same character in the English original ... live in America. So, kill off Pam, and hire Lucy. After all, she's got experience in the paper field. -ADS.[/nq]
I quite like Pam different strokes, I guess.
I agree about Dwight much more realistic and amusing.

**** hath no fury like a hustler with a litera
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[nq:2]I think the character of Dwight is truly inspired, and ... After all, she's got experience in the paper field. -ADS.[/nq]
[nq:1]I quite like Pam different strokes, I guess. I agree about Dwight much more realistic and amusing. **** hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent. Frank Sinatra[/nq]
My issue with the Jim/Pam story in the US version is that it's going to play out for
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[nq:1]However, the "love" story between the receptionist and the salesman just doesn't work. There seems to be no chemistry between the two actors, unlike the British version, where the actress that played Lucy really sold the part.[/nq]
I liked her very much, but only after I saw her in the extras on the first season DVD. She has a most infectious laugh and couldn't talk about the series or t
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[nq:1]My issue with the Jim/Pam story in the US version is that it's going to play out forever without any resolution. The original had 12 episodes plus the Christmas special which wrapped up all the loose ends.[/nq]
Well you could say that nothing about The Office on either side of the pond leads to any kind of real resolution. Which, as far as I'm concerned, is part of the charm.

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"The Office" Uk version. Inspired, to say the least!

One of my favs, ever.
Doug
Just a virtual guy... in a virtual world
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