| Subject: Re: Michael lewis |
| From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
| Date: 9/10/10, 10:53 |
| To: Robert Green <robertogreen@gmail.com> |
Thats very funny. Personally Id go with the Lot story--lets see, bible, you know how theres this guy named Lot and God asks him to help out his angel with a place to stay for the night (that angel, it turns out, is named Hitler, and he proceeds to kill about 6 million people but whatareyagonnado), and Lot does, but God also points out that looking back and noticing that the Angel is the worst murderer in history...well, dont do that, but Lots wife does because watching the Holocaust is fun, I mean look at the number for Schindlers List box office...anyway, she gets turned into a pillar of salt so BURN MOTHERFUCKER BURN but your shit was really good.Quick side project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5UAMebM2sw
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay. I think I'm just going to work in more general "OMG THE GREYS ARE NATIONALIST AND SUPERSTITIOUS" stuff, as I've got plenty of ideas on that front and you're right about keeping the theme concise.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Robert Green <robertogreen@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, sure. If you go the violent nationalist route you need to avoid the problem colbert had his first year on the show, which was that his target wasnt clear. Once he settled on oreilly his show clicked into great. If the target of the comedy is douchy US exceptionalism, for instance, then make sure you nail that target. If it is nationalism in general, make sure that is clear as well.
This is sort of a note I hear from studios all the time, and at its worst its your audience is stupid so talk down to them. at its best its you are telling a joke that only you and your friends find funny, so broaden.
Does that make sense?
Oh, and the comedy of greys qua greys is earned when you get that right as well. Its like this, rhythmically: specific political joke, specific political joke, wacky grey joke. Repeat.
Hey, any thoughts on this?
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com <http://barriticus@gmail.com> > wrote:
I hadn't read the article yet but plan to, have seen links to it around.
Wanted to ask you about the script first before I touch it up - should we just take out the tea party/republican allusions altogether? I've got plenty of other stuff that can be inserted along the main theme of the greys being wacky violent nationalists.
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Robert Green <robertgreen@robertgreen.serverdata.net <http://robertgreen@robertgreen.serverdata.net> > wrote:
That greece article in VF is insane.
So, you doing a touch up?