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I probably put too much profanity into my dialogue, but then again I do remember how teens and twenties talk.

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Jul 24·edited Jul 24Author

True that. "Like" was probably eighth down the list of four-letter filler words I used while I thought.

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I'll take Inglourious Basterds as my top Tarantino flick, by far. It may have been in the poll but I was too dumb to decode it.

Profanity presents an interesting conundrum in writing. I say "fuck" roughly 1,000 times per day, but then get all puritanical in my newsletter posts and social media posts. Broadly speaking, I don't think profanity lands as well on the page -- think Goodfellas the film and then imagine reading Goodfellas the screenplay.

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Inglourious Basteds is a fine pick. I haven't seen alt-history as a plot twist before or since.

The conundrum's amusingly counter-intuitive for me. Maybe I'll pull a Stagg R. Leigh one day and see how it rolls.

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Jul 24Liked by Dennard Dayle

Every time you complain about your age I am forced to remember that I am older than you. By about a year. It's not much, but I've always been a decrepit potato while you do kickflips and shit.

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You’ll get to walk for way longer.

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Jul 24Liked by Dennard Dayle

Write in vote for Four Rooms.

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An honorable path.

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Jul 24Liked by Dennard Dayle

I'm trying to remember if you swore in the podcast. I did a couple of times, but not nearly as many as I have in other episodes. I'd say my cursing fader moves up or down based on the company I'm keeping, but that wouldn't explain why I swear so much (and so casually) in front of my young children.

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