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David Mamet and the producer pass

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March 8, 2016 Producers, QandA, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Television, Transcribed, Words on the page

In an episode consisting entirely of answers to listener questions, John and Craig discuss David Mamet, internet trolls, post-credit scenes and English actors attempting American accents.

Plus, who would win in an all-out brawl to the death? The answer will probably not surprise you.

Links:

  • David Mamet’s memo to writers of The Unit
  • Craig’s Twitter feed
  • Muting users on Twitter
  • Brent Underwood looks at what it takes to become a “best-selling author”
  • Identifying Wood
  • Father Ted on Hulu and Wikipedia, and Frank Kelly
  • Scriptnotes, Episode 14 and other back episodes are available at scriptnotes.net and on the 200 episode USB flash drive
  • The poster for 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • Outro by Adam Lastname (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 3-11-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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