Children's Poems
Zev McManus-Mendelowitz
Reading Books vs. Screenplays
Hi everyone! After writing a few reviews of screenplays, I have gotten some comments from people who have never read a screenplay or wonder how they compare to books, so I thought I would do my best to answer that question rather than do a traditional book review. First of all, it is important to remember that with books, the entire story is on the page. Anything the author wants you to know, any movements or expressions the characters make, are all written out or alluded to. With a screenplay, settings, important camera angles, and occasionally reactions will be given. The rest - inflections, gestures, etc. - are left to the readers' imaginations. This can be fun if you watch the movie or show after reading the script and can compare how you imagined a scene with the director's and actors' takes. It can be confusing, though, if the story is non-linear or if characters' tones aren't obvious. I also personally find that scenes can sometimes get boring if there are
Impressive job Zevo, trying to fool me on which poem you actually wrote but ALAS! My mind is too vast and unpredictable for you to predict. Right here, in this very comment, I will expertly prove which poem you have in fact wrote
ReplyDeleteA: This is pretty clearly not it, the word play and general tone are too complex for him. Specifically in the last paragraph if you were to read it out loud the amount of syllables and sound of it is very similar to modern children poetry ergo: too complex for Zev.
B: This one is a little tricky as I do believe it is simple enough for him to write. Specifically when the poem mentions the name Donald, that name is fairly uncommon enough for it to be a reference Zev makes to (Ambiguous political figure). But I think it really sets itself out of Zev's league on the last two lines. The deeper meaning and interesting lesson it provides would feel completely out of place coming from Zev Starfish Mendelowitz's mouth and I think it rules out B
C: He isn't smart enough to write this one
D By process of elimination this is the only one left and it makes sense. The rhyming is dumb, the poem is simple, and lets not forget Zev's strange obsession with elephants
All in all, I think that the answer here is clearly....
C!! you thought you could fool me you sneaky rascal. But i'm on to your cheap games. See you next time you villainous snake.
Mr Mitchell pls don't take points off this is a joke I mean no offense to Zev.
First of all, dang Eli. Second of all, good job with your blog post! Children's books, no matter how cheesy they are, will always have give you that nostalgic feeling. My guess is that you wrote poem A??? (hint hint I purposefully guessed the wrong one because you said to do that. My real guess is C). Anyway, good job!
ReplyDeleteEli dove deeper into this post than he does into the sagas of Chad. The last seems like the obvious choice, until you see that somebody used the word "assent" in a CHILDREN'S POEM. It's also about cats, which is a Zev thing to write about. Although the idea deserves a sizable bologna amount, the only reason this post is getting so many is because I want them to bury you alive. Many bolognas, rain from the skys!
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