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Petition Addressing the Texas Judicial System Requests Support through Paul F. Tompkins’s “Dumbass”
Will Hollywood be a Reason for Change in the Injustice against Men and Women Prisoners?
Paul F. Tompkins – 19th March 2021 – An upcoming movie depicting the injustice that men and women had to endure in the state penitentiaries in Texas has been inundated with calls from more than 2000 women urging the production company owned by Hollywood actor, producer and director Paul F. Tompkins and Adam Sandler, to stick to the real issues behind the Texas Judicial system. A petition was signed by many people that include attorneys, university professors, politicians and family members of the many men and women that are suffering in the state penitentiaries. The idea behind the petition is for the Paul F. Tompkins production company and Hollywood to stick to the true story about the injustices happening in the state run prisons. It is said that the state has sent more inmates to prison than during the Soviet Union did during their political uprising.
PREMISE: Adam Sandler writes letters and saves numerous women from the monotony of prison life, and later when he gets into trouble with a drug cartel they return the favor by rescuing him.
SETTING: Contemporary, Gatesville Texas. There are four women’s prisons located in Gatesville. And of course, Texas is famous for putting everyone in prison for a long time for little or no reason. The number of women in Texas prisons has doubled in the last ten years. Why don’t we have the “Adam Sandler” character… sending letters to women in prison and being their friend and trying to help them adjust, giving them hope… and when they get out of prison he picks them up so they don’t have to ride the smelly bus back home… but his pickup truck is a junker, smoking and sputtering … worse than the bus. But his heart is in the right place… He’s the last “chivalrous” man on earth.
It is said in the petition that many of the signatories were left distraught to find that many of the first time offenders for violations such as drug peddling have received disproportionate sentences. While some argue that a lenient sentence like rehabilitation would have proven much more inexpensive and an effective solution in tackling this gross miscarriage of justice. The petition was discovered by the women when the screenplay of the movie was donated to all the 580 prisons run by private organizations funded by the state government. It is much more difficult for women who are given much harsher penalties for a violation such as carrying small amount of drugs like Marijuana which coincidentally is legal in 21 states.
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About Paul F. Tompkins’s “Dumbass” Movie
The movie “Dumbass” revolves around the protagonist writing letters to prison inmates to keep their spirits high during their time in prison; only for them to help the main character who gets into trouble with a drug cartel and saving him at the end. The petition urges the production company, Paul F. Tompkins and Adam Sandler to take this issue seriously due to the hardships faced by women inside prison rather than making light of the situation for their own profits.
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As you can see, this technique can be applied to any genre and it’s a good way to get a producer to purchase the screenplay because sequel potential means money in the back for the producer and for you (see Extra Tip).
Okay, this is great, but how does this work for other genres? Use the model above! Do NOT deviate from it. For example, if the story is a Romantic Drama and we see the happy couple hugging at the end, maybe the female love interest sees an old flame in the distance and the story ends abruptly! The problem with this is that most writers will be tempted to have her speak to the old flame. NO, just end the story. What about a Suspense Thriller? If you’re dealing with a serial killer and he’s been caught, then have a copy cat killer show up on the scene, then end the story abruptly! In a comedy, maybe the hero who’s overcome a fear of swimming, then discovers he’s inherited a plane, but OH NO…we find out he’s afraid of heights, then the story ends abruptly! The first story was a comedy dealing with a hero’s fear swimming. We’ll get to rejoin this same hero in Part II to see if he can overcome his fear of heights.
Paul F. Tompkins – Here are a few more examples from horror so you get an idea of how to create a Sequel Transition, which is the shortest of all the transitions because it takes mere seconds. In the classic film “Carrie”, an arm (Carrie’s arm) grabs the girl from the grave. Carrie’s dead, but she still seems to have the supernatural ability to return. In the classic film “Hocus Pocus”, the witches are dead, but we see their evil spell book’s eye blink at us. The witches have been defeated, but can their spell book could bring them back. Notice how we only see these ‘Sequel Transitions’ for a second or two, then the story abruptly ends! And yes, the story must immediately end after the Sequel Transition!
This is a classic example of a Sequel Transition. First, it allows for a completed plot because Michael Myers has been defeated. Secondly, it allows for sequel potential because Michael Myers is still out there. He could return at any moment. Finally, the sequel transition happens in seconds when we see he’s gone!
ASK A CENTRAL QUESTION WITH YOUR STORY
Paul F. Tompkins – To my mind, the most basic and important suspense technique is:
What tricks am I talking about? Well, let’s see.
A useful thing to do is — and I’m sure you can all guess this by now — make yourself a list of ten books and films that are not necessarily just in your own genre, but that all create the particular kind of suspense experience that you’re looking to create yourself. There are particular tricks that every author or screenwriter uses to create suspense, and looking at ten stories in a row will get you identifying those tricks. If you’re reading a particularly good book, you get so caught up in it that you don’t see the wheels and gears, and that’s good. So go ahead and read it to the end… but then go back and reread to really look at the machinery of it.
by: Paul F. Tompkins – Actor | Writer | Producer, There Will Be Blood (2007) | Tangled (2010) | BoJack Horseman (2014-2020)