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In Johannesburg in 1984, a black gay, political activist determined to rewrite the constitution of a nation, is arrested, faced with the death penalty, he must fight against a police officer with a personal vendetta and an AIDS diagnosis that only gives him a few months to live.
Isn't his ultimate "death sentence" -- the ticking clock -- his diagnosis with AIDS?>>>political activist determined to rewrite the constitution of a nation,How?? As he is incarcerated, he doesn't seem to be in any position to do so.? To agitate for change, to struggle to overthrow the exisRead more
Isn’t his ultimate “death sentence” — the ticking clock — his diagnosis with AIDS?
>>>political activist determined to rewrite the constitution of a nation,
How?? As he is incarcerated, he doesn’t seem to be in any position to do so.? To agitate for change, to struggle to overthrow the existing Apartheid order is one thing.? To have a seat at the table, to have a direct hand in rewriting the constitution for a new government is quite another.
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My comments reflect my concerns as to the marketability of the concept in light of the ongoing debates over the roles offered women in front of and behind the camera.
My comments reflect my concerns as to the marketability of the concept in light of the ongoing debates over the roles offered women in front of and behind the camera.
See lessA blacklisted 50s American screenwriter sets out to write the perfect script to win back his job, but an alien fungus slowly dissolves his ability to tell fact from fiction.
As Richiev said.? His affliction could? be a great asset in writing scripts.Seriously, his proposed solution seems to be incongruous to his dramatic problem.? He's not being blacklisted because he's a lousy writer, but because he's tainted with association with Communists.?In real life Hollywood, DaRead more
As Richiev said.? His affliction could? be a great asset in writing scripts.
Seriously, his proposed solution seems to be incongruous to his dramatic problem.? He’s not being blacklisted because he’s a lousy writer, but because he’s tainted with association with Communists.?
In real life Hollywood, Dalton Trumbo wrote great scripts — but nobody would buy them after he was blacklisted because of his left-ish politics.? So he wrote under other names and? sold his scripts to the studio through a front man.? As a matter of fact, he won 2 Oscars for scripts he couldn’t take credit for.
While one can take creative liberties with historical fact,? even a fictional story about a blacklisted screenwriter has to work within? the historical context, the rules how and why blacklisting was actually done in the 1940’s, 1950’s.? ?And the rules of the dark era would be that writing the perfect script won’t enable him to win his job back.
Of course, the fungal infection could delude him into thinking that is how he can get his job back — a symptom.
Finally, there’s an elephant in the room that needs to be addressed:? is he the only one infected?? Why not anyone else — everyone else?? Isn’t the greater, more urgent dramatic problem that the infection will spread?
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