I'm into the third act of my screenplay for Porno Manifesto...and I think it works well as a film project. It won't hit the cineplex, but for cable? Gay cable? Logo or Here? I seriously doubt Netflix will go for this. The sex is on about the same level as True Blood, but since it's gay it's considered more risqué. Sort of like how black men are considered more dangerous than white men, even though the opposite is true...as recent events have shown.
I'm making the script more relevant to today's political climate. It was pretty much on target 10 years ago, and a lot of what it's saying hasn't changed a bit, but I've included MAGAts and the other bullshit that makes the world such a dangerous place, now. It's like we're close to shifting into a new Dark Ages, like what happened after the collapse of the Roman Empire in 476. Not a great way to see the future.
So...PM is not going to be a sweet script in any way, form, or fashion. I thought about adding some comic relief by keeping in a couple of geeks who're having Alec, the protagonist, write a video game for them, one that puts Resident Evil to shame. He has fun with it even as he's putting his plot against his gay-bashers into play...but what worked in the book messes with the flow of the story, now.
I think the script is more suspenseful than the book, too. We don't have Alec's interior monologue to distract from what he's doing, and some of the moments are pretty intense...like when he gets into the frat house when everyone is off on Spring Break and learns even more about his attackers. And the way he spies on them in their most intimate, vulnerable moments.
The book, itself, has always been problematic for me. I like it, like how it works, but think I could have done better by it if I'd given it one more pass. Maybe two. This is almost like I'm making it up to the story for being so cavalier and letting it turn out like a typical sophomore effort. I did right by my other books...
Well, except for French Connection Blues. That one was never anything more than a work for hire, and I couldn't get really connected with it. Plus it's changed names so many times...from Inherent Flaws to NYPD Blood to something else...so I'm no longer part of that process.
At least it taught me not to take on a project I couldn't commit fully to.
I'm making the script more relevant to today's political climate. It was pretty much on target 10 years ago, and a lot of what it's saying hasn't changed a bit, but I've included MAGAts and the other bullshit that makes the world such a dangerous place, now. It's like we're close to shifting into a new Dark Ages, like what happened after the collapse of the Roman Empire in 476. Not a great way to see the future.
So...PM is not going to be a sweet script in any way, form, or fashion. I thought about adding some comic relief by keeping in a couple of geeks who're having Alec, the protagonist, write a video game for them, one that puts Resident Evil to shame. He has fun with it even as he's putting his plot against his gay-bashers into play...but what worked in the book messes with the flow of the story, now.
I think the script is more suspenseful than the book, too. We don't have Alec's interior monologue to distract from what he's doing, and some of the moments are pretty intense...like when he gets into the frat house when everyone is off on Spring Break and learns even more about his attackers. And the way he spies on them in their most intimate, vulnerable moments.
The book, itself, has always been problematic for me. I like it, like how it works, but think I could have done better by it if I'd given it one more pass. Maybe two. This is almost like I'm making it up to the story for being so cavalier and letting it turn out like a typical sophomore effort. I did right by my other books...
Well, except for French Connection Blues. That one was never anything more than a work for hire, and I couldn't get really connected with it. Plus it's changed names so many times...from Inherent Flaws to NYPD Blood to something else...so I'm no longer part of that process.
At least it taught me not to take on a project I couldn't commit fully to.
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