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Don
Posted: May 16th, 2020, 10:39am Report to Moderator
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This Is How They'll Find Me by It'sreallyonlytwosmalljokes - Short, Comedy - A lone bright spot amidst another boring day. 2 pages - pdf format

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Hi
This is how it is, absolutely.
You documented it.
And it fits on two pages. My life.
I don't even wish for more here.
But on the other hand I don' t know if I should recommend this for a read. It's just too close to reality and it is what it is - it's about absolutely nothing.
Which is dramatic and not a comedy for me.
Good job I think.
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Pretty good. I think it may be just a bit too poignant to be labeled a comedy though.
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Pretty funny setup and spot on in the send up on daily life during the quarantine.  And it’s 2 pages!

I especially liked the substitution of an emergency supplies truck (toilet paper, cleaning supplies) in place of the ice cream truck.  I can just picture grown adults running down the street waving cash, battling each other to be in line, cursing each other out.  I’m actually glad you didn’t show any of that because it’s probably funnier to imagine than to see on paper.

You could literally film this in the span of about 15 minutes once you had everything set up.  Good job on this.


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ARTHUR, 30s, showered last Friday get off his back, sits slumped on a puffy sofa, TV remote in hand.

Something wrong with this sentence structure – think maybe (get off his back) would read clearer.

Didn't get this one - I mean - yeah, I know he's running out of entertainment - didn't quite sync up the sound outside with coming back in with TP. etc. I was lost.


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I actually really liked this one, probably more than most people. Yes, it's pretty spot on with the mundane daily routine... I'm sure we've all pretty much every movie and TV show that ever existed at this point (that's available on streaming). But here's what I liked about it... something that the writer REALLY nailed, at least in regards to how I, personally, can relate to this (I'm sure others can, too). Especially when you're out of work (not sure if the character here is, but I am), it's the little things that can really make your day. Just going to the grocery store and finding an awesome deal on Ellio's pizza kinda reinvigorates my day. So, that joyous feeling he gets after stocking up on basics is something I really enjoyed... and something the character enjoyed... even though the cycle starts all over again.

Sure, nothing happens really... but I think that's the whole point.

Overall, very well written, outside of what Dave pointed out with that one line of description -- ARTHUR, 30s, showered last Friday get off his back, sits slumped on a puffy sofa, TV remote in hand. Not sure what the writer meant, there. Maybe he just took a shower and washed off the stench of last Friday? I dunno. Anyway, nice work.

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I wish you'd detailed that the truck was a Mr Whippy van.  We've had one cruising around every weekend since the virus started. The music is always Greensleeves in our neck of the woods - not sure what it is elsewhere.

Instead he bought supplies?

A BELL claps twice...?
Okay, I'm probably out of the loop cause you lost me there.

I liked the mundanity of his existence and him getting go the end of the Internet - absurd, cause you couldn't possibly do that, but of course that's the joke.

I would have liked just a little bit more with this one. You were definitely on the right track.



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Running out of internet was funny.

The whole truck delivery thing didn't quite hit the spot with me and I'm not sure how easy it would be to get a colourful truck to drive down a street to film this unless you found some stock footage you could use.

However, you managed to represent a huge percentage of the population's existence right now in 2 pages which is quite an achievement!.  


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What we do to get rid of boredom

At first I thought he was going to buy an ice cream - didn’t know you could by loo roll from a van.

The banter between Siri and alexia has something about it - May be something to develop


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I get that this was supposed to be minimalist... I guess I wanted more.

The devices taunting him was amusing.

I understand the line that everyone is struggling with - showered last Friday "get off his back" - the latter portion is an aside from the omniscient narrator defending the man. I thought it was funny.

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Well written. I liked how Alexa agreed with Siri. I liked that the ice-cream truck was bringing necessities. Other than that, not much else to it. I'm not a big comedy person. For those who can relate to this, wow...    


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Right away, the first line of description was confusing.

I dunno-- comedy for me has to be embarrassing-- almost shocking and absurd to be funny. I like what you wrote, but to me it wasn't belly laugh stuff.  Nicely written though.-A


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This was pretty good. The conversation with Siri, Alexa and OK Google were funny. Very close to reality yet very different from other scripts.

I enjoyed it a lot. Good job, writer.
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I really, really liked this one.  Plain simple and so just plain...plain.  Excellent.  I just wish it was that freakin' easy to get hand sanitizer!


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Hi!

The general substance is there. Reads to me as if you just would have to find one, two or three further specific moments to make the characteristics of the topic Pop from the screen/page in pure harmony with the concept. With some teamwork or a polish you may find the eventual lol moments that show the concept in best shape.

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