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June 24, 2014 Adaptation, Apps, Follow Up, QandA, Scriptnotes, Television, Transcribed

Craig and John take a swing at several of the week’s hyperbolic headlines, from conflict-free comedy to Fitzgerald’s failures to Strong Female Characters with nothing to do. In each case, there’s a valid idea lurking beneath the overstated claim, but it’s important to separate good examples from bad.

We then answer a stack of listener questions, ranging from slow contracts to strange emails to friendly options.

Links:

  • Vulture with Everything You Need to Know About Episode VIII Director, Rian Johnson
  • Scriptnotes, Episode 115: Back to Austin with Rian Johnson and Kelly Marcel
  • Storyboard Fountain from Charles Forman and Chris Smoak
  • The first, second, third and fourth videos in Jim Meskimen’s How To Do Impressions series
  • This is Kano
  • We’re losing all our Strong Female Characters to Trinity Syndrome by Tasha Robinson
  • Sitcoms are being strangled by a lack of conflict by Todd VanDerWerff
  • Screenwriting isn’t writing by Richard Brody
  • Ken LaZebnik’s The Red Light at the End of the Dock from WrittenBy
  • James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence is in theaters now
  • Quackwatch is your guide to quackery, health fraud, and intelligent decisions
  • Outro by Scriptnotes listener Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 6-26-14: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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