This
week’s dig-a-hole-and-hide-in-it moment occurred at a writers’
feedback meeting. I’d brought in a screenplay- a short comedy
featuring homosexuality and Sadomasochism in gangland Britain. As you
do. Before the critique I suggested each part be read out by a
different person. I purposefully didn’t tell anyone about the
content- I just reeled off the character names and let people pick
them.
Unfortunately,
this led to one man picking the role of a suppressed gay, and his own
son- who’d only been at the group a couple of times- picking the
role of the straight object of said gay man’s affections.
Criiiinge.
Still,
they were good sports and got through it. The script was
well-received and needs tweaking only a little. I’ve been advised
to get in touch with a few drama workshops to see if it could be
acted out. The Northern Film Network were good for this kind of
thing… but they folded a couple of years ago. Does anyone want a
bash at shooting this script?
Get in
touch! I’ll send it out to you.
matthewtuckey@hotmail.com
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