John and Craig discuss how police and policing are portrayed on screen, and writers’ responsibilities to thoughtfully reflect society.
Then, we answer listener questions about freaking out in meetings, how we deal with feedback, and whether to write books or movies.
And in our bonus segment for premium members, we’ll discuss the possibility that Craig does not exist.
Links:
* [Black Lives Matter](https://blacklivesmatter.com/)
* [Campaign Zero](https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision)
* [Baba is You](https://hempuli.com/baba/)
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* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Jason Azziz ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
* Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.
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You can download the episode [here](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/scriptnotes/455standard.mp3).
**UPDATE 6-11-20** The transcript for this episode can now be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2020/scriptnotes-455-police-on-screen-transcript).