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Petition Addressing the Texas Judicial System Requests Support through Samantha Chalk’s “Dumbass”
Will Hollywood be a Reason for Change in the Injustice against Men and Women Prisoners?
Samantha Chalk – 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 Samantha Chalk 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 Samantha Chalk 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 Samantha Chalk’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, Samantha Chalk 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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Format is more than just letting the reader know if a scene takes place inside (INT) or outside (EXT). Pro screenwriters know how to use format to create or enhance the tone, mood, atmosphere, flow, pacing, etc.
Screenwriters get paid what lawyers get paid; big bucks! They don’t make big bucks if they haven’t mastered their trade.
Samantha Chalk – Format is part of a screenwriter’s trade just like sinks and fire hoses are a part of plumber and firemen’s trades. It’s mandatory to know how format works and why it’s vital to getting the job done. Without it the screenwriter looks like an amateur – heck, let’s face it. The screenwriter who hasn’t taken the time to learn format and truly understand how it can be used to enhance visual style is an amateur!
Learning proper screenplay format is vital to being recognized as a professional screenwriter. So why do I continue to see sloppy formatting, improper formatting and often a complete lack of understanding the purpose of formatting in terms of creating a visual style? I’m not sure why, but here’s what I do know: If I hire a plumber he better know how to fix a sink. If I call a fireman he better know how to put out a fire!
· Harry Potter: We see him first as a baby in swaddling clothes, left on a doorstep (like every fairy tale changeling and also Moses in the bulrushes: the child who grows up to be the leader of his people), while the witch and the wizard talk about how important he’s going to be, then the scar on the baby’s forehead is match cut to the scar on ten-year old Harry’s forehead to pass time and introduce Harry again.
Samantha Chalk – But the introduction of Hagrid is more than humorous – it tells us a lot about the character. First, the debate that Dumbledore and McGonagall have over whether Hagrid should have been trusted with the baby tells us a lot about this character we’re about to meet. And then when we see Hagrid carrying the baby, this hulking giant is as tender as a mother.
· Hagrid: first appears as a glowing light in the sky, a very conscious reference to Glinda’s magical appearance in the glowing bubble in The Wizard of Oz (and Hagrid will be the fairy godmother to Harry). Then the The Wizard of Oz reference has a humorous twist – Hagrid descends, not in a shimmering bubble, but on a Harley.
· McGonagall: A cat on a stone wall meows at Dumbledore, then the shadow of the moving cat turns into the shadow of a witch in pointed hat, and McGonagall walks regally into frame.
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