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Petition Addressing the Texas Judicial System Requests Support through Ian McShane’s “Dumbass”
Will Hollywood be a Reason for Change in the Injustice against Men and Women Prisoners?
Ian McShane – 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 Ian McShane 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 Ian McShane 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 Ian McShane’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, Ian McShane 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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Had the scene with the boss come earlier, Lester’s behavior would have been unbelievable or even categorized as over-the-top, but it isn’t because it’s set up to be believable. He subsequently gets a job at a fast-food restaurant. Without proper set up, this entire scenario would be way over-the-top.
Then along comes his teenage neighbor who only holds down a day job so his militant dad won’t catch on that he’s dealing drugs. In a scene where the neighbor quits his day job in a rather point blank manner, Lester says, “you’re my hero,” and soon after he tells off his boss and blackmails him for money.
Ian McShane – Long before Lester tells off his boss the setup begins. He’s sick and tired of his dreary life. He wants change but doesn’t really know how to go about it.
In other words, did you set up the extreme behavior? Most screenwriters are pretty good at setting up plot devices and paying them off later, but fail to recognize that this type of over-the-top behavior requires a setup before you get to the payoff. It’s important to nail this down because an extreme character is far more attractive as a commercial commodity than an ordinary character – unless he’s put into extraordinary circumstances.
STORY ELEMENTS
Ian McShane – I thought it would be useful for you all to have just a basic list of all these elements that we’ve been talking about for each act that you can use when you’re watching a film or doing the index cards for your own story. So I’ve given it its own chapter .
17. Story Elements Checklist
So just as with all of these techniques I’m talking about — the first step is just to notice when an ending of a book or film really works for you. Enjoy it without thinking the first time… but then go back and figure out how and why it worked. Take things apart, and the act of analyzing will help you build a toolbox that you’ll start to use to powerful effect in your own writing.
by: Ian McShane – Actor | Producer | Director, Deadwood (2004-2006) | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) | Kung Fu Panda (2008)