Tag Archive | law

Why theatre authors are more powerful than screenwriters.

Oct13

Why theatre authors are more powerful than screenwriters.

I don’t know how I feel about this article. I guess it’s encouraging?? 

I really don’t like all the stuff I hear about how screenwriters get dismissed in Hollywood. After all that damn work? Ugh.

Anyway, I kind of understand I guess. When I’m directing, I want full access to the work (resistances aside). So when there’s  protest  to changes I’ve made, it’s frustrating. I’ve only had that once (actress), but I can see why people rush to disconnect from the writer. With everything else that has to work, you’re just doing what you have to. No one wants to be work with someone who is too fussy, stalling the process. BUT…if you’ve taken years to perfect the text….um…you ARE going to be fussy.

So I get both sides.

Well….a detailed article. And one I think other filmmakers and screenwriters can benefit from, so check it out.

 

The Resurgence of Ivory??!

Sep25

The Resurgence of Ivory??!

Yes I thought we had impacted the about face of that trend too, but now there is a huge demand for Ivory tusks in China. So poachers are back in business. This headline drew my eye:

Poachers in Zimbabwe poison 87 elephants for ivory, official says.

Please watch the video above (pink wording is a link) and repost. Even go see this documentary when it comes out.

Those who care about animals and those particularly interested in elephants, let’s figure out what to do together.

Ugh.

I’m so sad and angry about this.

Stand WHOSE ground?

Jul22

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Stand WHOSE ground?

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Thought on this Blog..

Jul15

Archaic Sugar

This image is by digitalhegemon. I really like it, so I wanted to blog it.

Click photo for her clever blog.

But, I feel this too. So my blog doesn’t/can’t remain one thing. Cuz I’m not feeling, thinking in one spot.

But it’s probably become a bit, all over the place.

Thanks for not jumping off the ride. No matter where it goes friends.

Noteworthy Activists….

Jun14

*The Activists*

Settle in with a bag of popcorn and watch the following videos.

We all can “act,” no matter what race, age, sexual orientation, gender, or class.

The world is falling apart. You’re reading this, you can help!

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH5bB8HUWFs

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJngePm0UUQ

3) http://www.vice.com/vice-news/femen-sextremism-in-paris

So what will be your fight? And if you’re already an activist of some kind, tell me what against.

Report on Loving Case 1967

Jun9

Godtisx adds:

There are many people who could never “see,” or “do,” this. Who are committed to seeing people of color as some kind of “less.” So I can completely understand why they were so hell bent on enforcing that crazy law. They were protecting a view (theirs), not a way of life. These are the kind of people who raised children, who raised children with this view. Some of them still holding views that supported such a law. What else does this remind you of?

Thank-God for those who analyze, challenge and have the courage to change laws. And, lovely couple.

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Mildred Jeter was born in 1939. She was of African and Rappahannock (Native American) descent.

Richard Loving was born in 1933. He was of Caucasian (white) descent.

Mildred and Richard were childhood sweethearts in Caroline County, Virginia. When they grew up, they decided to marry.

The marriage laws in Virginia said that no white person could marry a non-white person, so the Lovings were married in June, 1958 in Washington..

After they returned home, the local sheriff burst into their bedroom and arrested Mr. and Mrs. Loving.

To avoid going to jail, the couple had to leave Virginia.

The Lovings moved to Washington, but in time were frustrated that they could not visit their families in Virginia.

in 1963, Mrs. Loving wrote the US Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, who referred her case to the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union). The case was taken all the way to the US…

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