Misplaced Rhetoric
Two topics from July 2010 regarding conservative rhetoric that I never got around to posting.
Author: Ken
Upcoming Projects
Of course, a smart writer (screenwriter or otherwise) never tells you their ideas in detail, maybe not their loglines, and maybe not even their general premise before getting a draft finished. Still, I thought...
Not Making Progress
So, another SG election season is around the corner. Yes, the title to this post is partly an intended pun, as the GDI party this year is Progress. The GDI movement is in a...
Tucson Tragedy
A decent congresswoman is shot, leaving us wondering if rhetoric and society are reaching a violent critical mass. But there is light among the dark, and hope amidst the tragedy.
Adaptations
A typical novel may have 75,000 words or more. An average hour-long television show has a script of about 9,000 words. A movie script could thus contain about 25,000 words for two-hours of entertainment....
The Midterms Are Coming
Ken’s List may end up in the trash by Wednesday, but until then we have some elections to win.
Don’t (Always) Blame The Script
Kevin Williamson’s awesome Scream script and mediocre show Dawson’s Creek reveals a truth that you can’t always blame nor credit the writing for a performance.
The Event
The Event is a complex thriller that depends a lot on leaving the viewer confused, or at least hoping the viewer is confused, and then wasting time on expository tangents. If it hopes to succeed where predecessor FlashForward did not, it will need to invest more time in characterization and less on suspensful gimmicks.