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Why am I persisting with the Shipwrecked on Islands musical?

Writer: Amanda RiddellAmanda Riddell

I was reading the screenplay again, then I accidentally triggered myself. Here's the rant: - My psychiatrist said to 'pick another issue' than cannabis, and this is another issue. That's the story I'm telling. Yes, it's complicated: climate change is a complicated issue. It's not a traditional romance musical, and that's by design.


I want to push the form forward. Much like Sondheim, I'm an experimental artist trapped in a 'popular' form, and regardless of your attempts to persuade me, it's simply not possible to change my mind.


Buy my Wellington script if you feel, but my songs are not for sale. I'm not a guy, you will not fake that. I'm not going back to school because I am not.


I don't want to discuss it. I'm not doing it. My plan is to record a concept album of the 2030 movie, and direct some short films adapted from my short stories. Hopefully CNZ or The Film Commission like those ideas. -


How I triggered myself: my demo of the title song irritated me. I prefer how the songs sound in my head .. it was a mistake to listen to it. I should have read it dry -- that's how I usually read the script.



 
 
 

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