End of Act One? I divided this thing into acts? I get way more ambitious than I realize. This is a script about a very troubled man who is forced to overcome his prejudice against puppets. The idea that this would be divided into acts is revolting. Nevertheless, it was probably in a style or formatting guide I was poring over at the time so I did that.
Reading a screenplay back page by page is brutal. The spacing and indentations seem to be terribly inefficient. There’s really one bit rolling through the lines here about Marty’s dedication to his crush that he barely knows. On the plus side, the info bursting out of this page makes it a little more plausible that Todd hasn’t heard about Mandy.
Marty is very “in the moment” only when it comes to pretty much everything, and he works singularly to his goals. Sometimes his goal is to do whatever it takes to get Mandy’s attention. Other times it’s double-fisting straight alcohol until his consciousness is obliterated. I think I absolutely nailed down the early-20’s male experience, if I do say so myself.
