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Posted: September 14th, 2006, 4:23pm Report to Moderator
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Seems there is a question of stereotypes and race in your short here, Pedro.  I decided to check it out and form my own opinion.

My first opinion is that you are using too many exclamation points!!!

"Thief 1 grabs a paper from his pocket!", you tell us at one point.  "The lights are turned off!", at another.  I would tone that down to start.  Use them sparingly, or it gets kind of silly.

I found this story amusing.  I actually liked the ninja and his stupid accent.  As if ninjas actually rob houses haha.  It's kind of absurd.

The only problem I had with the treatment of race here was that it was too superficial -- simply tossing the word "nigga" around is not digging very deep.

Is there a point you really want to make about race with this piece?  Think about that question for a moment.  Dig for it.  If there is, then have these characters say something meaningful towards that end.  It can still be funny, but also carry a little weight at the same time.

If you are simply playing the races off each other for laughs -- then yeah, you should abandon that angle and stick with the union discussion -- which is also a pretty funny idea.  My opinion, anyway.


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Posted: September 14th, 2006, 4:38pm Report to Moderator
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About unions, I think you would take a look at  Elia Kazan's "On the Waterfront" or  Danny DeVito's "Hoffa" They can be usefull in order to be inspired by.

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alright, will check it Helio!

Also Bert thanks for the advice.

It's true I kind of abused the word "nigga", I agree with that, but it was to build it up to the last 'white nigga' joke.

But you are right, a little superficial.

Busy with the rewrite.

I think I'll make two drafts, one that will have the 5 minute limit. And a longer one where i will develop the characters even further.


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hello, i wrote a short like this a few years back where a male and female thief break into the same house and they decide to settle it over a game of monopoly.
liked the dialogue in yours but the characters were a bit stereotyped
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thanks for your comment accouristine!


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