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February 16, 2003       |       Today's Terrorist Threat Level: ORANGE!       |       Happy Birthday, Ice-T

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JOSH ABRAHAM




- More cleavage on the girl.

- The guy's jokes aren't funny. Are they supposed to be? Or are we going for awkward?

- How many sisters does she have? Three? Four? I'm confused.

- The whole bit about her ex-boyfriend doesn't really go anywhere. Lose it.

- Italian restaurant is cliché. If we go Italian, make it red-checkered tablecloths and annoying guys singing, etc. Let's make it something more exciting, something with the opportunity for conflict. Karaoke? Bowling? Something.

- How many times does she go to the bathroom? It gets redundant.

- The story he tells about cow-tipping upstate is dumb. Lose it.

- The waiter is almost non-existant. Spice up his character more. Maybe he's clumsy and spills something on his pants. That could be funny. Give him a thicker accent too, it may provide some opportune confusion. Or lose the whole restaurant.

- The guy is fidgety. The girl is annoying. I'm not really sure I like either one of them. Not much chemistry. Needs work.

- The whole second act kind of stretches thin.

- The guy who proposed to her in her story -- is that the same ex-boyfriend who went stalky? It's confusing, and it sounds very sitcom-y. Combine these characters, or lose them.

- When they get drunk, they're REALLY annoying. She gets talky and sappy, he gets obnoxious. Make them get goofy, funny, drunk, and maybe a little "randy." Think more "Sex & the City" and less "Leaving Las Vegas."

- Why doesn't this end in sex? Where's the resolution?



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