Platonic Dialogue

AIM - RaineWriet


ozzmeister00: so, my Lit and Media Studies professor
ozzmeister00: wants us to write a Socratic dialogue revolving around the topic of "media"
rainewriet: Kaaaaaay
ozzmeister00: I was going to write one that focused on how we consume comedy with all our various technological channels these days.
rainewriet: Has the potential to be funny
ozzmeister00: That's what I thought!
rainewriet: But?
ozzmeister00: well, I once heard that the worst screenplays are incredibly clear and read like novels
rainewriet: Because all the characters end up saying what they're doing.
ozzmeister00: precisely!
rainewriet: And I assume this is what happened to your dialog?
ozzmeister00: yes :(
rainewriet: Aren't you going to present these dialogs in class to your professor?
ozzmeister00: no, we're writing these as a post in our class blogs
rainewriet: Which means no one will ever perform it.
ozzmeister00: correct
ozzmeister00: everything sounded clunky. because I knew no one would be performing, I had the characters saying what they were doing
ozzmeister00: instead of


"Wow, that sounds like a hilarious YouTube video," Ozzy said, pulling out his iPhone to search for the video


I had to write:


OZZY: Wow, that sounds like a hilarious YouTube video! Let me pull out my iPhone and look for it.


rainewriet: Awkward.
ozzmeister00: indubitably!
ozzmeister00: my biggest frustration is the dissonance between the media's intention, and its usage herein
rainewriet: can you talk to your professor to see if you could switch the assignment to something in prose?
ozzmeister00: nah, I think I've got something that'll sort this mess out. 
ozzmeister00: I just know I can't do the comedy one. How can I write a dialogue about comedy and not have it be even remotely entertaining?
ozzmeister00: pity, I had such a great opening line.
rainewriet: Pity.
rainewriet: Well, I'm off.
ozzmeister00: cheers!
rainewriet: G'night.
rainewriet signed off