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January 12, 2016 Film Industry, Follow Up, QandA, Random Advice, Scriptnotes, So-Called Experts, Story and Plot, Transcribed, WGA, Words on the page

Craig and John discuss the impact of Star Wars knocking down all the records, both for the industry and big-screen sci-fi.

We also look at yet another start-up that promises to separate hits from flops, the shocking revelation that critics are humans, and three new WGA proposals. Finally, we look at ways to let an audience know a character’s name.

Note: This is also the long-promised vaginosis episode.

Links:

  • Mexican Coke, New Coke and the history of Coca-Cola on Wikipedia
  • Bacterial vaginosis at the Center for Disease Control and on Wikipedia
  • Vaginal douching on WebMD
  • Scriptnotes, 112: Let me give you some advice and Dear J.J. Abrams
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Box Office Mojo
  • Get your tickets now for Scriptnotes, Live on January 25 with Jason Bateman and Lawrence Kasdan, a benefit for Hollywood HEART
  • ScriptBook and The startup story of Scriptbook
  • Box Office Shocker: Movie Reviews Matter in 2015 from The Wrap
  • WGA Asks Members To Amend Guild’s Constitution on Deadline
  • Ghost Streets of Los Angeles on BLDGBLOG
  • Vilmos Zsigmond on Wikipedia, IMDb and remembered in Variety
  • Outro by Mary Webb (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 1-14-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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