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MARX WAS RIGHT

11/21/2020

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A response to Marx Rises Again in the Times 4/19/14
It comes down to Karl Marx's true magnum opus, which was never the
Communist Manifesto but Das Capital:

1. Marx describes a banking system in which periodic collapses such as the one that occurred in 2008 were not only possible, but inevitable. That is certainly attractive, since non-Marxist economists were very much caught by surprise, while the Marxists were not.
2. Marx described a labor system in which the owners of capital would pay workers only barely enough to keep enough workers capable of doing their jobs - in a world without trade unions the vast majority of life experience of Millenials is precisely that.
3. Marx described the capitalists gaining complete control of government. There is serious research, not just a gut instinct, demonstrating that this has indeed happened.
4. Marx described a system in which increasing automation and technology benefits solely the capitalist class, and leaves workers more desperate. This has indeed happened, particularly as a result of the major advances in computing technology since 1980.
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November 21st, 2020

11/21/2020

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BILLY WILDER'S SCREENWRITING TIPS

11/19/2020

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1. The audience is fickle.
2. Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
3. Develop a clean line of action for your leading character.
4. Know where you’re going.
5. The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
6. If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.
7. A tip from Lubitsch: Let the audience add up two plus two. They’ll love you forever.
8. In doing voice-overs, be careful not to describe what the audience already sees. Add to what they’re seeing.
9. The event that occurs at the second act curtain triggers the end of the movie.
10. The third act must build, build, build in tempo and action until the last event, and then—that’s it. Don’t hang around.
Billy Wilder Speaks (a great link)
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