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   Steve B to ang.rosin@gmail.com   
   Re: I feel violated.   
   18 Mar 08 14:53:27   
   
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   From: euclid@NOSPAMTHANKSshaw.ca   
      
   On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:20:46 -0700 (PDT), ang.rosin@gmail.com wrote:   
      
      
      
   >"Naylor explained at a Red Dwarf Dimension Jump convention that the   
   >film had been rejected by the BBC and the British Film Council.   
   >Reasons given for the rejections were that while the script was   
   >considered to be funny, it was not what they were looking for at the   
   >moment and that the script was deemed "too commercial"."   
   >   
   >So, "sorry, we can't make your film, it's much too good."  *chortle*   
      
   "Too funny"?   
      
   I could buy the "too commercial" explanation, but "too funny"?  Sounds   
   line a nice, polite FU to Doug.   
      
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