A Disturbing Trend
The situation with Mr. Eggorian is now becoming intolerable. Faxes are arriving on a daily basis, and the changes to the script that he is requesting have gone beyond the aggravating and into the bizarre. For example, why cut the birthday party scene? It's not terribly long, it contains some fairly good character development (I thought), and without it the viewer would have to wonder why Cadge and Mandy go down to the harbor at all. In addition, why the request to "tone down" the lobster's rooftop monologue? Just how mellow do you want the villain to be? Okay, maybe the cape is a little over the top, but the whole bit about the "claws of fate" is pure gold and I'm not touching a goddamn word of it.
Even more worrisome than the deletions are the new scenes the lunatic wants added. Suddenly there's supposed to be some subplot involving Mandy and an estranged mother? Why? What the hell for? Who would possibly care about that? She's a kid from the wrong side of the tracks, that's all you need to know, end of story. As if that weren't enough, he wants a big blow-up between Mrs. Rample and Dr. Fong. I don't even know what to say about that one. The two characters barely know each other. What kind of emotional baggage are they supposed to have?
I'm now starting to wonder if the man is simply insane. I'm half-tempted to sneak into a rehearsal of the Ridgebury High School production of Lend Me a Tenor to see if he foams at the mouth.
Even more worrisome than the deletions are the new scenes the lunatic wants added. Suddenly there's supposed to be some subplot involving Mandy and an estranged mother? Why? What the hell for? Who would possibly care about that? She's a kid from the wrong side of the tracks, that's all you need to know, end of story. As if that weren't enough, he wants a big blow-up between Mrs. Rample and Dr. Fong. I don't even know what to say about that one. The two characters barely know each other. What kind of emotional baggage are they supposed to have?
I'm now starting to wonder if the man is simply insane. I'm half-tempted to sneak into a rehearsal of the Ridgebury High School production of Lend Me a Tenor to see if he foams at the mouth.
posted by Joe Gola at 10:42 AM
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There is only one simple explanation for the activities of "Mr. Eggorian" if that is "his" real "name": This person is obviously a plant by a splinter arm of the Catholic Church attempting to modify your film into a piece of ritual dramaturgy. Think about it. No birthday party because the only important birth is the Nativity, which required an unexplained voyage to the "river." Mandy? Mandy!? Mandy Magdalene anyone? And obviously Dr. Fong represents a "wise man from the East."
Foaming at the mouth? Religious fervor more like it. He'll be speaking in tongues next.
-- Mr. Scratch
Did you really get the right guy in "Mr. Eggorian"? Or maybe you were looking for... Atom EGOYAN?
Fawksie
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