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Mammoths of Mercy

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November 22, 2016 Scriptnotes

Writer-director Chris Sparling joins John and Craig to discuss his new film Mercy, and what it’s like to make a movie for Netflix. Then it’s another round of How Would This Be a Movie, with stories including ex-girlfriends, fake news, and permafrost ivory.

Plus we answer listener questions on cosplay, criticism and parallel structures.

Links:

  • Mercy Trailer
  • Dear Mike’s New Girlfriend
  • How a Fake News Writer Earned Donald Trump the White House
  • 9 ‘Onion’ Articles Taken Seriously
  • How One Amazon Kindle Scam Made Millions of Dollars
  • The Mammoth Pirates
  • Seasonal Flu Shot
  • USB-C
  • Rise of the Boogeyman
  • John August on Twitter
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Get your 250 episode USB
  • Find past episodes
  • Outro by Pedro Aguilera (send us yours!)

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 12-01-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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