Something that’s always bothered me about Go. When Ronna is in Todd’s apartment she says “Todd, I would never fuck you like that.” And he says, “How would -you- fuck -me-?” Like, how would a nothing like you ever screw over a big drug dealer like me? But he just explained how she could fuck […]
QandA
Writing characters you would hate in real life
Don’t strive for likeability. It’s a fool’s errand. Rather, aim for believability.
Deciding which parents get to visit the factory
I have a question about your upcoming film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. What made you decide to have each child bring only one guardian to Wonka’s factory, and how did you choose which one would go? –Michael Daphne, Alabama In Roald Dahl’s book, each of the four rotten kids (Veruca, Violet, Augustus and Mike) […]
Organizing reality
In reality TV, editors and producers often perform functions that would normally be the purview of writers; the question is, why aren’t they being compensated for it?