
#34 - Men in Black (1997)
Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast
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The Two Main Characters Comic Concessions
Tommy Lee Jones, it's kind of his seriousness. Does he have a comic? I think so. What do you do? What is it? He's so focused on keeping their secrets above all things and getting the job done that he has no understanding of how serious he is in deadpan that he is. And he literally his story, his arc is that he left his life to to the cause. That's how serious this man is. It's Jamie Nash with great fireworks info, but terrible writing info. Do it all at the same time. If you've never come to my firework setup in the payoff, all it wants to do when a person starts with their problem
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