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Petition Addressing the Texas Judicial System Requests Support through Griffin Dunne’s “Dumbass”
Will Hollywood be a Reason for Change in the Injustice against Men and Women Prisoners?
Griffin Dunne – 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 Griffin Dunne 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 Griffin Dunne 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 Griffin Dunne’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, Griffin Dunne 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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Each one presents some sort of intrigue and raises a question.
Notice how the majority of these introductions are external = visual
Griffin Dunne – Interesting Character Moment – Not often we see a woman gun fighter.
In The Quick and the Dead a sleazy cowboy tries to shoot Sharon Stone’s character and finds himself shackled to a piece of wood because she’s not a helpless woman. This cowboy just met a woman gun fighter.
– Two good examples of this are The Wizard of Oz and The Corpse Bride. The heroine is the one who has the ultimate confrontation with the antagonist, but she is surrounded by her allies. This visual makes a strong thematic point that we are never alone when we have friends. (Or maybe, “S/he who has the most friends, wins.”)
Griffin Dunne – That is not to say that the hero/ine’s allies can’t be with her in the climax:
It may seem completely obvious to say so, but no matter how many allies accompany the hero/ine into the final battle, the ultimate confrontation is almost always between the hero/ine and the main antagonist, alone. By all means, let the allies have their own personal battles and resolutions within battle; that can really build the suspense and excitement of a climactic sequence. But don’t take that final victory out of the hands of your hero/ine or the story will fall flat.
And it’s always a huge emotional payoff when a reluctant hero steps up to the plate.
by: Griffin Dunne – Actor | Director | Producer, After Hours (I) (1985) | An American Werewolf in London (1981) | Movie 43 (2013)