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I'd respectfully disagree. When Hollywood was ruled by big name actors, the writing could

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In Reply to: RE: Peter Weir and Bruce Beresford recently commented on this phenomenon posted by Doug Flynn on March 08, 2011 at 14:29:27

be superb. But then, Hollywood had writers who were successful novelists, playwrights. Now, they're all ex-tv schlock pen-jockeys. Sitcoms and commercials do not necessarily lead to writing or directorial excellence. I wish Hollywood producers would learn this.

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RE: I'd respectfully disagree. When Hollywood was ruled by big name actors, the writing could - dancingseamonkey 10:39:54 03/14/11 (0)
Right. And when today�s novels are written like a screen play (John Grisham, David Baldacci etc.) and then you dilute the story some more you end up with one dimensional characters and plots that explained through dialogue instead of a good narrative, plot and character development become after thoughts.

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Er, you appear to be agreeing with me (nt) - Doug Flynn 16:55:38 03/08/11 (1)
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- Sorry, poor communication on my part. I'm NOT agreeing. Today, we have lots of mega-stars - tinear 07:44:33 03/09/11 (0)
  and poor writing. In the past, we had lots of mega-stars and good writing.
  Something besides the stars is influencing the poor writing. I'd say it's trying to skimp, even with stars on-board. Or perhaps it's like representational painting, i.e. it takes hands-on mentoring. Whatever the reason, most scripts are juvenile. Perhaps the reason so many Americans don't notice is that they've never read anything but crap.

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