Screenwriting 101: Scott Alexander

“My real life is totally inhibited: A cliched domestic existence, happily playing in my yard with my wife and kids. But through the scripts, I’m able to act out and scream at everything that bugs me. The loudmouths vent on my behalf. Obviously, I’m not the first to try this — millions of satirists do it daily. How Larry [Karaszewski] and I attempt to be original is through our odd tone — a layering of sweetness over insidiousness. We toss in obtuse buffoons, frantic straight men, and opinionated blowhards. And then, we put the point of view smack inside our madman’s head, so that the audience can empathize and understand.”

 — Scott Alexander (Ed Wood, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Man on the Moon)