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ANY TIME TWO CHARACTERS ARE TALKING ABOUT A THIRD, THE SCENE IS A CROCK OF SHIT.
ANY TIME ANY CHARACTER IS SAYING TO ANOTHER “AS YOU KNOW” (THAT IS, TELLING ANOTHER CHARACTER WHAT YOU, THE WRITER, NEED THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW) THE SCENE IS A CROCK OF SHIT.
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David Mamet, to the writing staff of “The Unit”, 2005. (Full Letter is making the internet rounds today. He needs to resist the caps lock, but he makes valid points. The irony, of course, is that I always felt the episodes he wrote for “The Unit” were far and away the weakest.)
Source slashfilm.com
