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Posted: April 25th, 2012, 8:08am |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Liceman’s Interview by James Celona - Short, Comedy - Fred goes for a job interview. 4 pages - pdf, format |
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Videoteq |
Posted: April 25th, 2012, 11:03am |
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LocationStamford England Posts23 Posts Per Day 0.01 |
I could imagine the two interviewers very well and you did a good job of showing their discomfort - I think I too started to itch at times!
But...I didn't find it very funny. Maybe.....Mr Liceman is in fact Ms Bale's dad....she is therefore ultra-embarrassed....and the punch line could be when Fred hugs her and says "Well, my feisty daughter - what time can I expect you for supper tonight?"
Anyhow, good effort - but try and think up a suitable (and unexpected) punch line.
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Posted: April 25th, 2012, 1:45pm |
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LocationSouthern California Posts721 Posts Per Day 0.15 |
I didn't get too much comedy out of this one. I understand the awkward situation and the absurdity of it all, but it's just missing the mark.
I did like his résumé though. |
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Posted: April 25th, 2012, 2:55pm |
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LocationThe Island of Jersey Posts2612 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
yeah, this misses the mark.
I like absurd comedy but there is still usually a point. Doesn't seem to be one here. OK he's a misfit, unaware, but why is he there?
Usually in this type of scene the "chap" believes he's the right person and has a story to prove it - it's missing.
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Posted: April 25th, 2012, 3:48pm |
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LocationLos Angeles by way of Chicago Posts263 Posts Per Day 0.06 |
Great resume! I always love a Mookie Wilson reference. It actually make me laugh out loud a little. Also, in that sentence you accidentally put "you're" instead of "your".
Other than that, it didn't seem like a complete script. It just sort of ends. There isn't really a point. It didn't go anywhere. If you're writing a short or even a decent sized scene, you should go about it like writing an entire script. You need an intro, the meat and a climax. This seemed more like an outline to me. Just you writing three people talking, seeing where it goes, but no actual structure. |
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Posted: April 25th, 2012, 3:52pm |
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LocationThat's me in the corner Posts4232 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
The Mookie/resume joke is funny enough that I kind of suspect that was all you had.
That little gem popped into your head -- and then you wrote a scene around it.
Unfortunately the one good gag is not quite enough here. This needs a payoff to work.
Right now it just kind of limps off the stage. |
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Posted: April 25th, 2012, 6:03pm |
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This felt more like a scene rather than a story.
It came off more as though there was a story before and after it and you kinda cut the two ends off.
Kudo's for writing a short and do keep writing. In the future, try to make sure there is a payoff in the end though.
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Posted: April 25th, 2012, 6:37pm |
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LocationHill Valley Posts102 Posts Per Day 0.02 |
I agree with the others in that the resume line was funny, but the script didn't seem to have much of a point. I think it should have had something more to it and a better ending. |
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Electric Dreamer |
Posted: April 26th, 2012, 9:19am |
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LocationLos Angeles Posts2740 Posts Per Day 0.55 |
Hey James,
Full marks for the Mookie Wilson remark. But the rest of this didn't feel very skit worthy. It needs more to justify the page count IMO. Didn't feel the "elephant in the room" factor that drives awkward comedy.
Regards, E.D. |
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Posted: April 26th, 2012, 2:25pm |
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LocationLos Angeles by way of Chicago Posts263 Posts Per Day 0.06 |
Very true. The comparison to the skit for me, is when I would come up with an idea for something that might be skit worthy, I would just sit down and write what some characters might say to each other. I didn't always know where it was going and it never had a great beginning or even an ending.
This "script" here, has that sort of feel to me. Just an idea of a guy giving a terrible job interview. It is more of a concept than an actual skit. It seems that it has yet to be fully realized.
And also, I agree, the page count is minuscule. I definitely would NOT have uploaded this. |
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Posted: April 27th, 2012, 12:26am |
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LocationBarberton, OH Posts1156 Posts Per Day 0.22 |
It just reads like something from the old Saturday Night Live -- Jane Curtin and Chevy Chase conducting the interview, Garrett Morris the MAN who leaves, then Dan Aykroyd as Liceman. Those old skits had no more depth or structure than this. I first thought of Bill Murray as Liceman, but it really feels more like Aykroyd. |
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Posted: April 27th, 2012, 3:15am |
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How would he get an interview in the first place?
A lot of the jokes missed for me. Seemed like a little bit of a set up with no pay off. No complete story, just a scene, a skit if you will. |
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Baltis. |
Posted: April 27th, 2012, 3:39am |
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Some thing's should be kept under-wraps until more can accompany it. Just wasn't there for me. None of it. I got like a Rob Schneider assy taste from it... Maybe even a Will Ferrell one. Just not funny whatever it is.
Comedies are hard to pull for several reasons, but when you rely on your dialogue for all the laughs -- That's the real trouble. Everything has to be funny. The way it's worded, the way things are set up. Everything. You can't just have some punchlines in dialogue and say "hey, that would be funny if so and so would deliver the lines."
A good comedy script has character and charm all the way through. This script had, I guess from what everyone else is saying, a funny one off... but I didn't really laugh, so maybe it's just me. |
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Posted: April 27th, 2012, 1:57pm |
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LocationPerth, Australia Posts1175 Posts Per Day 0.26 |
Hey James, I’m afraid this didn’t work for me at all. I found it boring and not at all funny but comedy is subjective like they say so take it with a pinch of salt. It also felt like it ended mid-scene and I would have made the ending more dramatic or funny for a better ending. Just a thought as the ending leaves a major impression on the reader but to be honest, they have to get there first right. I think the writing on the whole could do with a lot of work. A lot of awkward sentences IMO. I haven’t seen you around but if you’re interested I’ll be to elaborate on what didn’t work for me technically. Good luck and keep writing. Steve |
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Posted: May 16th, 2012, 6:50am |
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LocationU.K Posts9 Posts Per Day 0.00 |
Hi James.
I'm sorry to say but this just didn't do anything for me whatsoever. As someone else already mentioned, this just seems more like a scene rather than a film. I was expecting some sort of payoff, but it just kind of limped to an ending. The whole thing just doesn't go anywhere IMO.
I realise that the situation itself is very absurd, but as for being funny? Not for me i'm afraid. Comedies are very hard to write and tend to divide many people, so perhaps this just wasn't for me.
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