Craig: The real interest in this message is the last paragraph. K.
At 07:50 PM 9/22/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Just an observation about the characters writers have to work with.
>
>Radio and television and their progeny have produced generations of
>observers rather than performers.
>
>I watched GRAND ILLUSION yesterday in a series of Manny Farber's
>(Negative Space) favorite films presented by the La Jolla Museum of
>Contemporary Art in conjunction with a gallery showing of his art
>works. One thing that struck me as a screenwriter is how Renoir
>blended a staged play performance into both GRAND ILLUSION and RULES OF
>THE GAME, and it seemed natural to believe that the characters of these
>stories had learned to play instruments, recite, act, perform tricks,
>etc as there were few outside forms of entertainment for most people at
>that time.
>
>Many of the characters of today's screenplays dealing with today's
>times (not period pieces) are less skilled in interpersonal
>entertainments (other than the sex scenes) and have less to develop in
>regard to story.
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