Okay.
That was a bit caffeinated.
And, as usual, I forgot what I actually wanted to say.
I learned something the other day: For a film to make lots of money, it should be rated PG-13.
And for a film to be rated PG-13, you are allowed to say fuck one time only.
Uh.
One.
Obviously, that's how you make a book as long as The Marbury Lens fit into 100 minutes: make it PG-13.
I won't tell you how many "fucks" have to be cut to get The Marbury Lens down to the magic number.
It is a lot.
I realize, too, that I have not been very effective at reducing the number of times I use the vague quantifier "a lot," which has kind of been a New Year's Resolution of mine.
I should make a magic number:
I am only allowed to say a lot three times per day.
Three times seems like a lot.
When you have magic numbers, which are a lot like frosted raspberry cupcakes, exceeding them is, by definition, excessive in any quantity.
6 comments:
PG-13? Really? Do they know they are not making the film for Twilight fans?
Jonathon - Team Jack or Team Conner?! Bwahaha
Andrew, if you like the scrip and think the movie will be great even with reducing the use of fuck, then that's good enough or me.
I say embrace fuck a lot.
By the time a movie gets made it'll be A Very Chipmunk Marbury. When Alvin says "Fuck" in that little helium voice it'll sound cute.
While I applaud (and am shocked by) your calm demeanor towards such things, this is precisely why I'm TERRIFIED of a Marbury Lens movie.
I'm with Kristen and Michael on this one....
You could hyphenate a-lot. That would fix everything, while breaking the universe.
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