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Uncletrunx
05-30-2005, 01:11 AM
Are there any other pantomime writers floating about here? My friend George and I have written two of them. They were initially written for the village drama group but we've managed to get them published since then. :)
Uncletrunx
06-02-2005, 05:11 PM
No others?

I guess the Pantomime isn't a worldwide phenomenon.
Richard
06-02-2005, 05:16 PM
It's a very English phenomena, certainly.
Uncletrunx
06-02-2005, 05:21 PM
I once tried to explain our village Panto to some American visitors.

They got as far as the Principal boy being played by a woman and the Dame being played by a man. After that, they dismissed it as something for perverts!
write4details
06-03-2005, 01:57 AM
Sounds like a great gig for somebody with no ear for dialog.
Uncletrunx
06-06-2005, 01:40 AM
Bad dialogue still grates even in panto. The genre is by no means an excuse for poor writing.

A store of bad puns is far more important.
Richard
06-06-2005, 01:48 AM
Never mind the genre, there is nothing - NOTHING - worse to listen to than bad comedy. If only because it's next to impossible to mock rather than just crying at.
Uncletrunx
06-07-2005, 08:25 PM
That's very true. While Pantos should contain the odd bad pun, they've got to be entertaining otherwise everyone will leave!