Screenwriter Kelly Marcel joins John and Craig to play Fiasco, resulting in a tale of art, murder and sexual blackmail in the Hollywood Hills.
This extended, unlike-all-before-it episode will probably be polarizing, but it was a chance to explore story in ways that you can’t do in abstract. In Fiasco, plot really does come out of character choices.
This episode is filthy. If this were a cable drama, it would be TV-MA DSLV. If that makes you more or less likely to listen, trust your gut. (There’s no nudity. It’s radio.)
Our thanks to Kelly Marcel for hosting. Next week, we’ll return with a more conventional episode.
Links:
* Kelly Marcel on [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545150/), and on Scriptnotes episodes [115](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-back-to-austin-with-rian-johnson-and-kelly-marcel), [123](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-holiday-spectacular) and [124](http://johnaugust.com/2013/qa-from-the-holiday-spectacular), and the recent [WGF Bonus Episode](http://scriptnotes.net/bonus-rewriting-and-refocusing)
* [Fiasco](http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/) and [on Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1934859397/?tag=johnaugustcom-20)
* [Hollywood Wives](http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hollywood_Wives) by Jobe Bittman and [other Fiasco Playsets](http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fiasco_Playsets)
* Rawson Thurber on [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1098493/)
* Richard Kelly on [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446819/)
* [Colin Jost](http://colinjost.com/), and on [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1906042/)
* John’s [teaser tweet with images of the cards](https://twitter.com/johnaugust/status/462350436763070464)
* Fiasco on TableTop with Wil Wheaton: [Set-up](http://geekandsundry.com/shows/tabletop/tabletop-fiasco-set-up/), [Part 1](http://geekandsundry.com/shows/tabletop/fiasco-alison-haislip-bonnie-burton-and-john-rogers-join-wil-on-tabletop-ep/), and [Part 2](http://geekandsundry.com/shows/tabletop/fiasco-alison-haislip-bonnie-burton-and-john-rogers-join-wil-on-tablet6/)
* [Angeles Crest National Forest](http://www.fs.usda.gov/angeles)
* [Zoom H4N recorder](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QWBM62/?tag=johnaugustcom-20) on Amazon
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Scriptnotes listener Betty Spinks ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_142.m4a) | [mp3](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_142.mp3).
Because of the length of this episode and the cost involved, there will not be a transcript of episode 142.