{"id":5807,"date":"2020-02-20T08:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/?p=5807"},"modified":"2020-07-31T22:23:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T10:23:36","slug":"no-funny-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/no-funny-business\/","title":{"rendered":"No Funny Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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INT. CINEMA, FORTRESS MAMEA -- DAY<\/p>\n

Our PET WRITER feeds Mallowpuffs into his mouth at a concerning rate of knots considering his age while he watches the TELEVISION:<\/p>\n

ON SCREEN<\/p>\n

A Hero-type opens a door where a Villian-type greets them, pistol in hand. Hero-type reaches for the sky.<\/p>\n

VILLAIN-TYPE<\/p>\n

(on-screen)<\/p>\n

... No funny business.<\/p>\n

The image FREEZES as our Pet Writer pauses playback.<\/p>\n

PET WRITER<\/p>\n

(mouth full)<\/p>\n

“Oh fuh buhnuh”?<\/p>\n

He almost chokes -- remembers to swallow rest of Mallowpuff biscuit.<\/p>\n

Our Pet Writer kills the playback altogether and the television goes black.<\/p>\n

PET WRITER<\/p>\n

“NO. FUNNY. BUSINESS”?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I get it.<\/p>\n

Cliches are comforting, they’re a short hand, they’re a \u2014<\/p>\n

But there are limits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

INT. CINEMA, FORTRESS MAMEA -- DAY Our PET WRITER feeds Mallowpuffs into his mouth at a concerning rate of knots considering his age while he watches the TELEVISION: ON SCREEN A Hero-type opens a door where a Villian-type greets them, pistol in hand. Hero-type reaches for the sky. VILLAIN-TYPE (on-screen) ... No funny business. The … <\/p>\n

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