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This week's answer: Waiting
For "Scriptdot" Antonia,
the odd title above refers to a well-known play entitled
"Waiting For Godot," in which two men wait for
somebody called Godot, who never arrives. Waiting
for word from a producer reminds me of that play. If
you have the irrepressible urge to wait, I recommend
buses, streetcars, in line, even tables. But I do
not recommend producers. They are not a
species that was put on this earth to wait for. If
you must wait for a green light, I strongly suggest you do
it on a street and not for the one that you may so
desperately wanting from a producer.
One of the reasons for the above is
that producers are waiting for their own green
lights. Or greenbacks, rather. They
need the go-ahead and financial backing from their
investors or studios. Or grandmothers. Truth
to tell, there are so many needed green lights for you to
receive that contract, or, better yet, check, or better
yet, check that clears, that you could, like many
motorists today do every day, be waiting a long time for
the light to change.
Continuing with the same metaphor,
even if you do hear back from a producer with a green
light for your project, just as it often is when you're in
traffic, you still have to drive into the intersection
very cautiously. And watch out for those
buses.
Especially a bus full of producers.
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