'Scriptnotes NOTES' Ep 2 - 'Friends, Property & Other Romantic Designations'
Screenwriters have the power to create cultural debates AND dispel them.
Welcome to Scriptnotes NOTES: the first in a series of Pomonok NOTES podcasts where host Teresa Jusino will delve into the craft and career of screenwriting through the lens of a queer, neurodivergent, Jewish Latina grappling with what she's learned from two of her industry role models -- John August and Craig Mazin of the Scriptnotes podcast.
Episode 2 is called Friends, Property, and Other Romantic Designations, because too many films and TV shows prioritize romantic relationships over friendship while treating those in romantic relationships like property or animals. She dips back into Scriptnotes #697 to talk about Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ before jumping over to Scriptnotes #313 to talk about whether men and women can be friends (SPOILER ALERT: they can) and how screenwriters have the power to create cultural debates and dispel them.
LISTEN TO SCRIPTNOTES NOTES: EP 2 – 'FRIENDS, PROPERTY & OTHER ROMANTIC DESIGNATIONS' HERE!
SHOWNOTES:
- Scriptnotes Episode #697: We Wrote a Book!
- Scriptnotes Episode #313: Well, It Worked in the 80s
- Edge of Tomorrow’s Angel of Verdun: Nuanced Female Characters by Teresa Jusino (October 20, 2015 at The Mary Sue)
- Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner by D.P. Schmitt for the International Sexuality Description Project (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2004)
- Olga Koch (@kolga300 on TikTok) bit about Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’
- The Hero’s Quest
- Teresa Jusino (@teresajusino711 on TikTok) talks about spouses each having their own friends, no matter their gender
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