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Don
Posted: August 2nd, 2006, 6:38pm Report to Moderator
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At the end of a family barbecue by Helio J Cordeiro - Short, Drama - To be or not to be eaten that's the question.     A July, 2006 One Week Writing Challenge Entry - pdf, format


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Ok, this one was definitely a different take on it.  I'm guessing that this is one of our foreign friends, or someone who wrote this entirely too fast.

The story itself was good, humorous to a point, but not over the top.

Overall a good effort.


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Good effort here.  Interesting take on the entire concept which is always good.  The grammar isn't that spiffy which makes me think that one of our foreign writers with less than perfect English wrote it...or it was just rushed, whichever.

Overall, the creativity was there.  It's nice to see different takes of all kinds on this.  SO, good job!


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another funny one.  Talking Hamburgers....HA

Not really much to say here, but it made me smile a few times and there was some funny dialog


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This was an odd, short script, but hey, from the ones I've read so far, all of them are odd in their own little way. This one, as other people said, seemed rush and it seemed like you did this in a few minutes (or maybe an hour, maybe) just before the deadline.

Oh well, it was still funny and good.

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I liked the different take on the OWC.

You managed to create some drama here in just 2 pages. That's good!

This quirky little short with a twist at the end makes me think this was written by the same guy who drank a 30oz Morrito at the Simply BBQ.
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Haha! "Those idiot humans" ha!

Yeah, this one has "Helio" written all over it. I'd be surprised if it isn't yours, my friend.

And yes, it felt a little bit rushed, like the author could have milked the concept a bit better, given he had more time.



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This was a cute little script.   Whoever wrote this thinks outside the box, and is very creative.
I've been guessing at some of the other scripts, so I think this one is from helio.  

Good effort
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Okay, I too am thinking Helio. For one, the grammar suggests someone for whom English is a second language. Two, it’s very short. And three, its title is the theme. With Helio’s last entry for the shoot me deal, his script was one page and the title was the same as the theme. Oh and four, Helio is whacked -- haha! And so is this script.

Somebody had trouble coming up with an idea for this challenge. I don’t blame you. I thought the theme was just boring and uninspiring. I can really see the difficulty in finding inspiration in every script I’ve read so far.

This one is okay. I’ve only read I think four scripts from this so far but I doubt if any are going to really stand out as inspired. The theme just doesn’t really evoke a lot of inspiration.



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I guess I have to admit I did chuckle a bit as read this one but it doesn't appear as though alot of thought went into it.  

I haven't read too many of these yet but so far most of them have played out as comedies.  It sort of defeats the purpose of this exercise to change the established criteria like that.


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Oh, for Pete's sake -- is there any doubt who is behind this one?

A quick read -- goofball dialogue laced with the requisite obscenities -- but at least everyone ends up happy, yes?

I'm kinda' with Brea in terms of the theme this time around -- I don't intend to bust anybody for straying too far afield -- but this one is whacked.

However, given the mind behind this tale of two burgers -- I'll just take it at face value and let the author know that I smiled a bit at this one.  Not the author's best work, but good enough.


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I agree with you Bert. I'm sorry to the author of this piece, but I have to say one truth, he has a screw loose! Oh my!
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So talking hamburgers who would rather be leftovers than fed to the dog. Interesting and yet completely bizarre. Then again, if you're a hamburger, what do you have to look forward to? You go from a cow's ass to someone's mouth. I digress.

As for this bit of gold from our 1 1/2 line spacing friend, I thought it was simple and decent. An original take on the barbecue theme, so kudos for that. Can't complain much about the two pages of work except the weird dialogue. Nice effort.


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This was different...very different and you definitely get points for originality but this one falls short in the drama department. Which honestly doesn’t really bother me. Not really that much else to say. Three pages (well two, not counting the title page) kind of leaves the reviewer looking for stuff to say, so I’ll just finish by saying good job.  

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Well well well... this was pretty fun. I'm guessing it didn't take long at all to write but it was funny to some extent. I still enjoyed it. 2 pages of hamburger talk is pretty entertaining. I'm just glad it wasn't too long or else the joke might've burned out with the barbeque...

I'm definitely thinking this one is Helio... but I'm rarely correct at guessing...

Still, a funny little episode that doesn't really fit in with drama but the theme is fine so it's all good! Nice one.

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