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The Hollywood Script Critique of Our March 2014 Issue
By Seattle magazine staff May 6, 2014
This article originally appeared in the May 2014 issue of Seattle magazine.
!–paging_filter–pJust days before the March Oscars broadcast, reader Kevin Barry e-mailed us a Hollywood-movie-script-style critique of our March 2014 ZIP code story. We wanted to act it out and film it, but were too busy planning our next “lazy and lowbrow” batch of stories. brbremInterior Conference room with ten person table, tastefully but sparsely decorated with modernist art including at least one glass piece that calls to mind Chihuly. Five players, casually dressed engage in a meetingbr br/em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Rachel/em/p
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pemWe don’t have anything yet for the March issue. Ideas?/em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Knute/em/p
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pemWe could look in-depth at Bertha and compare construction delays and cost overruns on the Convention Center cap and cover and how the historic flavor of the city is dying?/em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Too dry/em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Shannon/em/p
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pemSomething about the turn around in local commercial real estate?/em/p
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pem(dead silence, long pause)/em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Ali/em/p
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pemThere’s so many holiday galas to attend when it’s coming together and we all want time off so we could have the interns type up stereotypes of neighborhoods. We could call it a zip code guide./em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Sounds promising./em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Ali/em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Really? I was kind of kidding./em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Rachel/em/p
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pemNo, no, I think that will work and you know, I think maybe our readers would like another take on Westside vs. Eastside./em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Knute/em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Not a little lazy or lowbrow for us?/em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Rachel/em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; The last time I saw something like this was a blog in about nbsp; 2012 and I haven’t seen it in an alt-weekly anywhere in the nbsp;nbsp; country for at least a year so it’s ripe for a revisit./em/p
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pemnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Are we done here?/em/p
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pembr SCENE/em/p
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