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April 6, 2021 Scriptnotes, Transcribed

John and Craig tackle the tricky territory of movie titles: what makes them great, why they’re important, and how a bad one can tank a good movie.

We answer listener questions on writing diverse characters, surprising movie expenses, and residuals.

Finally, in our bonus segment for premium members Craig outlines how to behave in a restaurant.

Links:

* [12 Great Movies with Terrible Titles](https://screenrant.com/best-movies-worst-titles/) by Margaret Maurer
* [That Song In Every Musical That No One Likes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXKUgjYh7lo) by Sarah Smallwood Parsons
* [Facer](https://www.facer.io/featured) for smart watch faces and [Carrot](http://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/applewatch.html) a weather app for the Apple Watch.
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* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Chester Howie ([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](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/495standard.mp3).

**UPDATE 4-9-21** The transcript for this episode can now be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2021/scriptnotes-episode-495-the-title-of-this-episode-transcript).

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