http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/ Poetics in Live Performance Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-821 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:37:38 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-821 [...] season opener, my wife and I have decided that we are just going to give up and stop spending 45 (or so) minutes every week watching Gossip Girl. For the first year or two we were fans but a line has to be drawn — [...]

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-701 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:19:25 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-701 [...] dumping, and some shows have horribly stiff dialogue (for an example of both of these, check out this article), but in general script writers have good dialogue [...]

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-575 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:55:20 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-575 I think the interruptions are done to get dry information across to the audience in what they think is a “dramatic way” — and to try to add some energy to what amounts to a lecture. I agree so much of modern episodic television today is overly formulaic and predictable.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-574 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:18:42 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-574 I have never thought about “dialogue” this way before David, till I red this.
Do you think this continuous series of interruption was needed to provide equal importance/ screen space to both the characters?
No wonder at times I find the TV serials unnecessary dragging…

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-573 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:05:24 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-573 Love those clips, Gordon! The lyric writing was funny and superb and rhyming!

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-572 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:09:39 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-572 this is one of my favourite clips from scrubs :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci-LX9fd064
Then of course there’s the song where they sing about the importance of poo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S8Z4xLSvu8

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-571 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:41:35 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-571 How do they communicate the technical ideas on Scrubs, Gordon? I thought M*A*S*H was always superb in their operating room medical lingo — perfectly natural, pure, and understandable. Sometimes the audiences doesn’t need to know all the slang as long as the characters respond knowingly. We can figure it out.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-570 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:31:07 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/how-to-write-stiff-and-really-fake-dialogue/#comment-570 I’ve seen episodes of Scrubs communicate tricky medical stuff better than House ever does. I suppose a little humour goes a long way!

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