tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post351746046737933452..comments2024-03-28T11:52:29.432-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: Storyteller’s Rulebook: Specificity is UniversalMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-68006717031390484452020-09-24T13:08:48.086-04:002020-09-24T13:08:48.086-04:00A story from Cinema of Outsiders by Emanuel Levy:
...A story from <i>Cinema of Outsiders</i> by Emanuel Levy:<br /><br />"In an introduction to the published script [for <i>Eat Drink Man Woman</i>], co-written by [Ang] Lee, Hui-Ling Wang, and James Schamus, Schamus recalls Lee's complaint that the psychology of the characters wasn't Chinese enough. Schamus proceeded to deliberately make the scenes as Jewish as possible, after which Lee said 'Ah, ha, very Chinese!'"Harvey Jerkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118848012122050416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-19505516209064663672020-09-23T20:39:44.946-04:002020-09-23T20:39:44.946-04:00Great observations! And very inspiring for anyone...Great observations! And very inspiring for anyone who's ever gotten the note "audiences won't identify with your characters" just because the characters aren't white 21st century suburbanites.<br /><br />In other news, it was reported today that Tony DeVito died of COVID.Robert K Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320641533825974319noreply@blogger.com