screen |skr_n| |skrin| |skri_n| noun • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected : the world's largest movie screen • movies or television; the motion-picture industry : she's a star of the stage as well as the screen. verb [ trans. ] • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application


Sunday, February 16, 2025

The Gorge


STUDIO EXECUTIVE: We need a new movie about a sniper. 
STUDIO BOSS: Meh. It’s been done. 
STUDIO EXECUTIVE: How about a sniper who falls in love? 
STUDIO BOSS: Kinda stale. 
STUDIO EXECUTIVE: …with another sniper! 
STUDIO BOSS: (yawning) And... 
STUDIO EXECUTIVE: But wait: there’s more! They’re on the opposite sides of... (thinking quickly of a metaphor) a deep gorge
STUDIO BOSS: To do what? 
STUDIO EXECUTIVE: Snipe! 
STUDIO BOSS: Snipe what? 
STUDIO EXECUTIVE: Uh… zombies, of course! 
STUDIO BOSS: At some point they're going to FALL INTO the gorge full of zombies, right?
STUDIO EXECUTIVE: You can bet your sweet bippy!
STUDIO BOSS: And there will be zombies riding zombie horses, right?
STUDIO EXECUTIVE: Uh... Of course. Sure. Why not? It’s all a metaphor for societies' growing divisions and… 
STUDIO BOSS: Yeah, yeah, yeah... How pretty are the actors? 
STUDIO EXECUTIVE: The prettiest. 
STUDIO BOSS: Sold.

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