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   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Alan Baker  wrote:   
   >On 2020-04-29 9:14 a.m., Paul S Person wrote:   
      
   >>>. . .   
      
   >>IIRC, Ring Lardner was given the script credit for /M*A*S*H/ --   
   >>despite the fact that the actual dialog was mostly, if not entirely,   
   >>ad-libbed by the actors.   
      
   >>I'm not saying any script from Ring Lardner could be a bad script, but   
   >>if the actors ignore it and make up their own dialog, what does it   
   >>matter?   
      
   >You're going to have to provide a little support for your claim that the   
   >"dialog was mostly, if not entirely, ad-libbed by the actors."   
      
   It's a fairly common feature of Robert Altman films. He was always going   
   for natural performances.   
      
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