You are exactly right! Those scenes are true to life!
--- mckinleyhigh@yahoogroups.com
<manchwoods@...> wrote:
> A neat thing about "Freaks and Geeks" is that the
writers seemed more
> interested in conveying emotion than in writing
clever dialog. When a
> boy, evidently on a dare, asks Lindsay, "If I gave
you a joint, would
> you have sex with me?" there's no witty rejoinder or
nerdy
> articulateness. She simply replies, "What?" A quick
shot of her facial
> expression tells us all we need to know. She takes
it on the chin, and
> so do we.
>
> Similarly, when Lindsay's parents surround her on
the basement couch
> and tell her how her father lost his virginity with
a Korean
> prostitute, she says, "Please stop!" Again, Linda
Cardellini's
> expressive face tells us what we need to know
without a lot of wasted
> words.
>
> Some of this may be a function of the medium. TV
writers operate under
> strict time constraints and have to get their
messages across
> economically. But at times those constraints can
contribute to good
> dramatic writing.
>
> Alex
>


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