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| A Musical |
Last time on Not My Story, I wrote about Ms. N_, Vietnamese hair stylist, harrowing escape from Viet Nam at age 14 on a raft. The story was hers to tell. Not mine to embellish.
But my job is to tell stories. What if Ms. N_'s story was a screenplay in Hollywood studio development hell? What would they do?
NOT MY STORY - THE MOTION PICTURE
Based on a True Story
Change the Title
- Raft
- Escape from Terror
- South China Sea Travel Tips
Add Love Interest
- Ms. N_ falls in love with a pirate, but her loyalties are divided between running away with her dream-boat or staying with ailing grandmother and face hardship in a refugee camp.
- Ms. N_ meets a cute boy on on the raft, but he has an ailing grandmother who disapproves of refugee romance. Will the they consummate their forbidden love?
- Ms. N_, after her boyfriend is killed by pirates, becomes a pirate and ravages the South China Sea in search of her beloved's murderers. Will she find love again? (Grandmother is written out.)
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| South China Sea. Caribbean. What's the difference? |
Action, Action, Action
- Ms. N_ is caught in the middle of an international naval incident, bringing the superpowers to the brink of World War III.
- Ms. N_ fights off aquatic monsters to save her ailing grandmother and fellow refuges.
- Ms. N_ versus Zombies.
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| You get the idea. |
- Ms. N_ is played by a Caucasian actress.
- Ms. N_ makes soft-focus, orchestra music love on the raft.
- Ms. N_ stays glamorous. Everybody knows exposure to sun, starvation and salt sea spray is good for the skin.
Based on True Story.
Item:
Ms. N_'s father served in the South Vietnamese Army, killed in 1972. Commenting on the disposal of her father's remains, Ms. N_ said, “They dig a hole where you die and dump you in."
Still not my story.
What's not your story?