Comments on: Top Four Pear-Slay-Thickening Short Scenes!

By: Niki

Niki — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:44:38 +0000

@ Iain, I’m Aussie and things are always going pear shaped on me. So yep It’s as fair dinkum as putting dead horse on a meat pie. Anyway I’m as dry as a dead dingo’s donga so I’ll hit the frog and toad.

By: Monica Warden

Monica Warden — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:30:23 +0000

All are decent but Marrakesh rocks!!

By: Brian Drake

Brian Drake — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:14:26 +0000

My vote is for Mr. Zeidman’s scene. Very clever.

By: Iain Coleman

Iain Coleman — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:56:17 +0000

I’d put Marrakech first. Homonysts Anonymous is very clever, but wouldn’t work as a filmed scene.

Oh, and to be fair to Robert Prosser, something “going pear-shaped” is a perfectly common idiom in Britain (and perhaps in Australia too?).

By: MB

MB — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:54:40 +0000

I gotta go “Marrakech” 1st, “Homonysts Anonymous” 2nd, “Marriage Dance” 3rd and Ripping Yarn 4th. Rationale? All were entertaining and 1-page – a feat in itself. But Marrakech had the fullest picture of writing talent, with a novel setting and great scene & character descriptions as well a good dialogue. Homonysts hinged on the dialogue and for that was creative and edgy. Marriage dance had a nice surprise ending image that revived an otherwise, relatively common setting and convo. And the ‘pear’ in Ripping Yarn was just kind of thrown in there as a gimme. “Everything going pear-shaped,” not being a real phrase or an easily conjurable image. But … all were great and yes, just effing entertaining as all get-out!

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:23:54 +0000

This is the second time I’ve made it to the final three (or four)of one of these contests, only to be crushed by a much more imaginative scene! I really enjoyed all of them but “Homonysts Anonymous” made me laugh out loud! Great job, all!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:30:28 +0000

They were all very entertaining! I vote for Marrakech!

By: MyBrainHurts

MyBrainHurts — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:05:31 +0000

My vote is for Marrakech as it is more visual as a script, but Homonysts Anonymous should get an honorable mention!

By: Top Four! » scriptwrecked

Top Four! » scriptwrecked — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:22:12 +0000

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By: Niki

Niki — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:09:00 +0000

Hay Paul, theems two me you getaway whiff word’ths, thuper funny mate.