Lot’a buzz on the information highway about Diablo Cody. Some good, some bad, but most of it is sour grapes. Seems a lot of screenwriter wannabes – color them green – resent the fact that a first time screenwriter could actually earn an Academy Award.
Not since Joe Eszterhas have screenwriters been shoved to the fore and bathed in the light of publicity. How dare ‘shmucks with Underwoods’ steal the lime light? What will the world come to if writers –WRITERS! – get some recognition, any… recognition?
Heaven forbid.
Diablo Cody must be considered one of the following:
1. incredibly talented.
2. incredibly lucky.
3. or, both.
While there is always the possibility she is a OneTrickPony, only time will tell. But consider this: she sold, published her first book, then sold, and got produced her first screenplay, and to top everything took home the Oscar®. Not bad for a stripper from Minnesota.
I haven’t seen the movie (Juno) and have not read the screenplay, so until I do I will reserve judgment. Even then, no matter my thoughts, it will be only one man’s opinion. And we all know about opinions.
So if you have seen the movie and/or read the screenplay, let’s hear from you. What are your opinions? Good? Bad? Indifferent? OneTrickPony? Or the female reincarnation of Paddy Chayefsky?
Keep writing.
