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   rwgibson13@gmail.com writes:   
      
   > junior-kun wrote:   
   >   
   > >Spider-man   
   > > plotlines written by editorial are not going to play to JMS's strengths   
   > > as a writer, while a director's dialogue rewrite could concievably   
   > > improve the movie.   
   >   
   > "Could?" Yes, concievably. But that doesn't change the fact that, in   
   > the film biz, it's more typical that the script you send in isn't what   
   > ends up on the screen and you only know it after you do all of the   
   > heavy lifting.  By union contract, you have the option of changing or   
   > removing your name from the finished work, but that's about it.   
      
   A friend of mine (who is a published writer) once told me a joke:   
   "Did you hear about the blonde actress who was so dumb that she   
   slept with the screenwriter ???" (She told me this joke to   
   illustrate just how low writers are in the Hollywood food chain...)   
      
      
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