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Posted by: Don, February 25th, 2006, 9:35pm
The Documentaries by J.P.S. - Short, Comedy - Too many documentaries... 4 pages - doc, format 8)
Posted by: Helio, March 2nd, 2006, 5:21pm; Reply: 1
Dear JPS, I read..well I laugh..You crack me up...in just 4 f***** pages! It on the right hands...do you know what I mean, didn't you...go back at this and work harder put more 6 page on this untill it becomes great!

Great fucking idea, JPS!
Posted by: I_M, March 2nd, 2006, 8:05pm; Reply: 2

Quoted from Helio
do you know what I mean, didn't you...


Um...I don't really know what you mean.
Posted by: Helio, March 2nd, 2006, 9:45pm; Reply: 3
Then go and make your script better, because the your idea is nice!
Posted by: Heretic, March 3rd, 2006, 3:07am; Reply: 4
Little format things:

:In Neighbour 2's little spiel there, you have Clarice and Frank in all caps.  Never do this in dialogue (unless it's being shouted, I suppose).
:Those supers are a bit...oddly worded.  I'd try and make them a little more succint, if possible.

Other than that, I thought this was quite amusing.  The slapstick is great (I'm a big fan of such things), although the dialogue could use a little work.  Some of the jokes don't come off quite as well because of clunky dialogue - I dunno, it just seemed like the rhythm was off sometimes.

But it needs to be longer!  I had barely gotten into it.  The premise is great, and I really think this could be stretched out to twice the length quite easily.  For the documentary feeling, it's also better if you can have longer segments with one person.  

Good work though, this was funny.
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