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   From: russrose@hotmail.com   
      
   "Dr. Jai Maharaj"  wrote in message   
   news:writing-21n9846hf.20030830@news.mantra.com...   
   > In article <3f5142f0$1_8@news.athenanews.com>,   
   >  "Russ Rose"  posted:   
   >   
   > > Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote in message   
   > > news:writing-21b8735f.20030830@news.mantra.com...   
   > > > In article <3f50a0cd$1_4@news.athenanews.com>,   
   > > >  "Russ Rose"  posted:   
   > > >   
   > > > > Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote in message   
   > > > >  news:writing-21g873tf1.20030829@news.mantra.com...   
   > > > > > In article <3f502a44$1_6@news.athenanews.com>,   
   > > > > >  "Russ Rose"  posted:   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > > Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote in message   
   > > > > > > news:writing-21b8746f.20030829@news.mantra.com...   
   > > > > [clip]   
   > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > Woody Allen is a great philosopher of this century.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > > Dump your wife and marry your daughter is a great philosophy?   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > "I don't want to achieve immortality through   
   > > > > > my work... I want to achieve it through not dying."   
   > > > > >  - Woody Allen   
   > > > >   
   > > > > The secret to life is...blonde 12 year old girls. Two whenever   
   possible.   
   > > > > - Woody Allen from "Love and Death"   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Intelligent, even hilarious comedy does not make one a good   
   philosopher,   
   > > nor   
   > > > > does it make one a decent human being. That begins with not   
   molesting   
   > > > > children...   
   >   
   > > > I wonder who actually wrote the above line in "Love and Death"; there   
   > > > are three writers who wrote the screenplay.   
   >   
   > > I did not realize he collaborated. Whoever it was, Woody approved of it   
   > > otherwise it would not be in there.   
   >   
   > A lot of times even the director, producer or lead actors   
   > are unsuccessful in getting dialogue or scenes deleted because   
   > of their importance to the story.   
      
   It is not a question of editing. Woody would not have filmed it in the first   
   place.   
      
   > The converse is also true --   
   > for instance, I had made it a point to not use any vulgarity in   
   > a screenplay but was compelled to write them in before the sale   
   > took place; they are vital to some dialogue in it.   
      
   I find this difficult to believe unless they were testing your integrity.   
      
   >   
   > Jai Maharaj   
   > http://www.mantra.com/jai   
   > Om Shanti   
      
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