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...book self-consciously asserts itself as a novel being written by a novelist, one can sense it struggling with the rush of mediums we’re subjected to as modern Americans. “Generosity” moves out of prose, adopting styles that range from mimicking a screenplay??in a particularly moving scene—to a collage of YouTube videos. Instead of rejecting changing modes of communication, Powers accepts them, explores them, and engages with them on their own terms.In the above mentioned debate scene, after Kurton’s engaging response, the unidentified novelist...
...goal was essentially to make it as Pinteresque as possible,” writes Matthew C. Stone ’11, the play’s director, in an email. As a result, this production foregoes unnecessary embellishment in order to greater emphasize the raw power of the original screenplay??s dialogue. “[‘The Birthday Party’] is not a play with a message, and it’s not about abstract ideas,” Stone writes. “If you stage it right, there’s no need...
...comes “The Jane Austen Book Club,” a film adaptation of the popular novel by Karen Joy Fowler. The premise of “Book Club” is refreshingly intelligent. It is a step above standard romantic dramedy fare that, for all the screenplay??s faults, delivers an enjoyable movie. Despite the film’s clichés, one has to admire the filmmakers for telling a story that attempts to avoid the easy laughs or tears that most modern-day cinematic romances effect. “Book Club?...
...novel, fast-paced and punctuated by the self-effacing wit of disguised autobiography, reads like a screenplay??but one that we have seen already. A talented attorney at one of London’s largest law firms, Williams has his life rattled by the appearance of a ne’er-do-well school friend from Ireland. Geordie literally shows up on Danny’s doorstep with ?50,000 in stolen money and intentions of staying with him long enough to avoid the Loyalist militia types who are after their money...
Creating “the great American screenplay?? has replaced the great American novel as the ambition of America’s budding writers, award-winning writer and TV producer David Black told a packed crowd in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room last night...