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   From: notonyourlife@no.no.no.no   
      
   On 2020-04-29 3:29 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   And I'm sure there was a goodly amount of ad libbing...   
      
   ...but "mostly, if not entirely"?   
      
   No.   
      
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