THE ADVENTURES OF STUDIO READER STAN

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Comic 65: (1/01/07)

Studio Reader Stan sits in the coffee shop when his friend Herb joins him.

Studio Reader Stan: Hey, Herb, how you doing?

Herb: I can’t be a studio reader anymore. I’m going crazy. Nearly every script they give me is just 120 pages of CGI. Not even a hint of a story in any of ‘em.

Studio Reader Stan: Well, then how’s your writing going?

Herb: Horrible. I can’t get my agent to read any of my scripts.

Studio Reader Stan: What’s he say when you ask?

Herb: That he has Strep Throat.

Studio Reader Stan: Well, that might sideline someone.

Herb: For nine months? It’d be more believable if he said he was pregnant… What about your agent, can you introduce me to her?

Studio Reader Stan: Writers are no longer her priority. That designation apparently goes to an unemployed and untrained monkey.

Herb: So she doesn’t read scripts at all?

Studio Reader Stan: If her illiterate underwear model fiancé likes the font, she’ll read it.

Herb: I like my odds with that. Can you get me a meeting?

Comic 64: (9/18/06)

Studio Reader Stan meets with studio executive Mr. Shine of Wordsmith Studios.

Mr. Shine: Come in, Studio Reader Stan. Do you have that script coverage for me?

Studio Reader Stan: Uh, yes, and my name is actually Larry.

Mr. Shine: Yeah, that’s of no concern to me.

Studio Reader Stan hands him the coverage.

Mr. Shine: Oh man, this looks like way too much reading. Can’t you just draw the synopsis?

Studio Reader Stan: Huh?

Mr. Shine: Words are a waste of time these days, Studio Reader Stan. It’s all about the visuals.

Studio Reader Stan: But doesn’t there still have to be some words?

Mr. Shine: Not if I can help it. Know what I preach to every aspiring writer I meet?

Studio Reader Stan: Be president of a frat house because for some reason film bosses think that’s qualification enough to be a studio executive?

Mr. Shine: No, I don’t waste that on writers. Instead, I tell them to forget learning about the craft of screenwriting and go get a marketing degree.

Studio Reader Stan: So you’re only interested in writers who don’t actually know anything about writing.

Mr. Shine: Exactly. And I live that philosophy. I’ve completely stopped hiring scribes to rewrite any of our scripts anymore.

Studio Reader Stan: So who’s doing the rewriting?

Mr. Shine: My marketing team. It’s beautiful. They never whine about all the completely useless things that writers are always bugging me about.

Studio Reader Stan: You mean like having a plot that makes sense?

Mr. Shine: Exactly, and other drivel like the story needing multi-dimensional characters, and that there needs to be smarter dialogue. Blah, blah, blah.

Studio Reader Stan: Don’t you think audiences appreciate those things?

Mr. Shine: No. People don’t go to the movies for that.

Studio Reader Stan: What do they go for then?

Mr. Shine: They go because they like the poster. And you know who makes the posters? The marketers.

Studio Reader Stan: But what if after actually seeing the movie, they hate it because it lacked any semblance of a plot and had brainless characters spewing monosyllabic dialogue?

Mr. Shine: It won’t matter by then. The already bought an opening weekend ticket. Game, set and match – I win… Now go home and draw this coverage then get it back to me.

Tune in next week for more of Studio Reader Stan's adventures...

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