Met with the producers tonight - Charlotte and Samantha (they are their characters - quite creepy!) and had the most amazing brainstorming session! Five hours of solid Sex and The City talk! We had to submit the project's running time, floor plan, lighting set up and a whole bunch of other technical bla bla bla. It's pretty hard when yours truly is still trying to fit together the pieces of this crazy play! And writing for film and theater are two completely different animals! I would love to have a buss drive by and splash Carrie the way it does in the opening credits, but how the hell am I going to fit a buss on a stage that is 15 x 20 and seats 100 people? Not gonna work. So I have found myself, at times, having to rethink whole scenes because of my theatrical limitations. It's interesting though. Charlotte said to me:
in theater, it's a given that you have to use your imagination. You may hear traffic sounds, but there is no actual 'cars' on the stage. You have to incorporate what you would see around you in your dialogue, your movements, your interactions with these 'things' as if they were there...
AH!! Easier said than done! Well, for me at least. But I know that I am in good company and they love what I have written so far (which makes me soo happy!!). It's all good. I may look like a 60 year old woman after this is all over (wrinkles and haggard look from stress) but it's all good. How many times I wished I could write a play. Well, I was young and stupid and didn't realize that one could get ulcers from too many panic attacks. But I don't regret taking on this project one iota. It's a life lesson, and at least I can say that in my lifetime, I wrote a real play!
All I have to do is work my funny bone to the marrow and come up with something funny and inventive to make people laugh. Some famous person said that comedy is harder than drama. And boy oh boy is that the frigging truth!!
So as promised, some Sex In La Cité (A French twist on the title, but it means the same thing) - isms.
I welcome all comments, criticisms, requests, donations...
About shoes and their fake counterparts:
Charlotte: I refuse to buy cheap knock-offs, no matter how good they look! They just make me feel all yucky!
Miranda:That's how I've felt after I've been knocked around by a cheap date.
Ohhh, nasty eh?
How about another one?
Friend: He's my best friend, but he's not just a friend...
Carrie: Oh?You mean you can have friends with extras here? Les extras?
Friend: He's a friend, how can I say - a friend with benefits?
Carrie: I just hope for your sake he at least comes with a good dental plan!
Carrie about Canadian Money:
Oh I love the color of your money! It's soo pretty! I can co-ordinate it with my wardrobe and shoes!
AHHH!!
NO MORE DIALOGUE!!
I will be spewing this stuff out in my sleep!
I have to get to bed before I collapse and end up looking like some back alley of the Bronx!
1 comment:
LOL....The Carrie comment on Canadian money was the funniest of the bunch.
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