{"product_id":"detective-smoothies-demian-9798706284770","title":"Detective Smoothies: Feature Movie Script by Demian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetective Smoothies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeature Movie Script by Demian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLogline: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA professional female private detective partners with a bungling, male amateur sleuth, and an elder Jackie-of- all-trades to solve thefts. Following a pickpocket suspect leads the younger detectives to a mobster gang, who kidnap and leave them for dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal title - but I still like it: \"The Adventures of Squinch Ezzer and Skinny Flint: The Case of the Indiscriminate Pickpocket\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenesis of \"Detective Smoothies\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears ago, when I was 11. Make that decades ago. A second cousin, Gerald Sowsy, told serial stories to my brother and me about a great train robbery. The men who cracked the case were the highly esteemed Squinch Ezzer, and the redoubtable Skinny Flint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany decades later, I recalled the adventures Gerald told us, and thought they would make an excellent feature movie stories. As often happens when one writes, the story, and, especially the characters, take a life all their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSquinch became a detective wannabe, and Skinny became a professional private eye, who happens to be a woman. The story is about the investigation of an unusual crime family, and there is no train robbery. Although, there may be a train heist in the future. To quote Val Kilmer in \"Alexander;\" \"Who knows these things?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore \"Detective Smoothies,\" I'd written three scrips that focused on hard times, and overcoming great odds. The stuff of High Drama. Because I wanted a break from all the hand-wringing, and nail-biting, I thought it time to write something more lighthearted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo provide some sort of similarity to reality, I read a single book on forensic crime-solving, which informed my depiction of the detecting arts. And I was a summer camp counselor for seven years, and a camper before that, which informed the events of Skinny and Squinch's early years flashbacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy serious scripts always have moments of brightness, or a good laugh, to break the gloomy mood, and bring the seriousness into sharp view. It's the same as a greater Yin should always have a bit of Yang within (or greater Yang having a bit of Yin within), otherwise there's no balance, and the script, like a fruit smoothie, would not taste so good. So, besides tons of Yin-type laughs, there's just a smidgen of Yang-type kidnapping, and the threat of death by drowning. A good balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, it takes a lot more effort to write comedies than dramas or tragedies. Why do all writers say this? \"Who knows these things?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemian, 2021-02-07\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Demian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798706284770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.28d","brand":"Demian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47931021754623,"sku":"9798706284770","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83057899-db15-4e9c-9da9-482092961a8d.jpg?v=1766345906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/detective-smoothies-demian-9798706284770","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}