tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post3094767676564483325..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Assault, by Any Other HandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-11553517304421891312011-09-20T06:53:00.036-05:002011-09-20T06:53:00.036-05:00Cheers Michael and Sean - glad you agree.
Dana, I...Cheers Michael and Sean - glad you agree.<br /><br />Dana, I like your scene. It doesn't stop with the free slap. And the reality is, I can't say that I won't write a slap scene. May have, but don't remember offhand. The thing is, it has to fit the character, the scene. It's just become too cheap and commonplace film after film, show after show.<br /><br />John, wow. I wonder how that will affect the publishing world?Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-54513091288325518882011-09-19T12:36:51.667-05:002011-09-19T12:36:51.667-05:00Couldn't agree with you more!Couldn't agree with you more!Sean Patrick Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051252366031997054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-71363868494831256262011-09-19T11:00:18.311-05:002011-09-19T11:00:18.311-05:00What I always liked about Eddie and the Cruisers w...What I always liked about Eddie and the Cruisers was how proud it seemed to be about its source material. They even have the word "Spring" behind the band just waiting for the "steen."<br /><br />Last week I read the article, "The End of Men," because another article mentioned it was used in dozens of TV pitches for this year's shows. The article had some interesting stats like how starting this year women will make up more than half of the workforce in America, women now make up more than half of the university graduates and how along with the loss of the manufacturing industry in north America will be the loss of a traditional area of male earning power. Big changes are coming, it looks like.<br /><br />The article is here:<br />http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/8135/John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-50102264433481022172011-09-19T08:16:29.000-05:002011-09-19T08:16:29.000-05:00I should have thought of this last night when we w...I should have thought of this last night when we were talking about this post but how about the opening of The Way of the Gun and the way it subverts everything about the slap and violence towards women.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6UUkkOmgoBrian Lindenmuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519203797661128049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-73192223043154994632011-09-19T07:21:08.922-05:002011-09-19T07:21:08.922-05:00I've only used slaps once in one scene. The he...I've only used slaps once in one scene. The hero says something insulting to an expensive call girl, and she slaps him. He takes it and has something else to say and she slaps him again. This time he slaps her back and says, "You only get one free." I wanted to show she was a drama queen and he had a harder side than he tended to show in the story. My writers group gave it a mixed reaction, but generally thought it was effective.<br /><br />I haven't had any slaps since then, though I can't say I'll never do it. Like serial killer stories, they lost their effectiveness if done more than every several years.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-5263335645142457422011-09-19T04:40:35.777-05:002011-09-19T04:40:35.777-05:00An excellent point, well made, Sandra.An excellent point, well made, Sandra.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.com