Deep beneath this rugged, snobby exterior lives a gentile, emotional, nuggety core ripe with feelings. Feelings and other icky things like love, and empathy – you know those types of things that lead to tears that run down your face and ruin your makeup make you look sunburned. Although rare, there is the occasional moment in a film, or a show, or even a game where something about the story is written so perfectly that I connect with it deep within said nuggety core – and the tears flow. Here I will examine those moments, and train you to force me to connect with my female side more often. Oh ya, and spoilers!
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The web is choc full of comedic web series and shorts. Some are funny, most are not, but as I discussed previously, it is easier to be funny on the web. Creating characters and drama is difficult when you have little time. That said a web series has potential for great characters, yet I have not been able to find many people up to the task. So I’d like to ask you guys, what are you working on? Have you found decent online dramas? Where and what are they?
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