This is from my May 2023 blog post:
TV and movie comparisons/ Angel season 3 ep 1 "Heartthrob" question
This is my Jul. 2022 blog post:
Should I continue into TV production? (Part 4)/ Why do you want to be a TV writer?
Sept. 4, 2022 My life purpose: It seems like I'm not going to be able to become a TV writer and producer.
My life purpose is to entertain and make people happy, educate, and inform people as a writer/ blogger.
When you read these "TV and movie comparisons" about creative writing and screenwriting, I hope you are entertained by this and learn about writing.
Nov. 21, 2022 There is a video tape of a character doing something bad and illegal. Another character has the videotape and blackmails the other character:
My script idea: I had thought of something like this before in 2011-2012. A character is forced to work as a stripper for the bad guy at his strip club. If she doesn't, he will go to the police with something on her.
I'm sure some of you guys are reading this and like: "What kind of story is that?"
When a bad guy blackmails someone, you're supposed to get money and/ or to get them to do something hard or difficult that the bad guy can't do themselves.
In TV and movies, and real life, there is a bad guy who threatens to hurt the good guy's friend, family member, or loved one to get the good guy to do something for them.
The Cleaning Lady: If you don't want to spoiled, skip this part.
In season 2, there is a video of Fiona's son Chris getting into a fight with his uncle Marco, and he pushes him, and Marco falls down the stairs. He dies.
The Motel Owner has a videotape of this and blackmails Fiona to give him $10K because of the lost business with the police spooking all the guests.
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2023/05/tv-and-movie-comparisons-angel-season-3.html
I remember way back in 2011- 2012, I was telling Angela about the story idea.
Angela: If you're being forced to do something, you go to the police.
Yeah, but not for The Cleaning Lady storyline.
A Bad Guy points a gun at the Good Guy to rob them. This happens in TV, movies, and real life to:
-open the cash register
-open the safe
-open the vault
A character is forced to take off his or her clothes:
Real life examples:
Justin Berry: I'm going to bring up Justin Berry on the Oprah show and he was talking about taking off his clothes and doing sexual things on webcam for money. A lot of people on the Television Without Pity forums said he wasn't a 100% victim.
There was a video clip of Justin sitting in front of the computer with his shirt off.
Justin: Hi, I'm Justin. Welcome to my website. You can take a look around....
There wasn't a gun pointed at him. He wasn't crying or looked upset.
He didn't look like he was high or drunk, and he was conscious of his actions.
My friend Angela: By the time you get to this age (13) don't you kind of know what's right and wrong by then? I think he knew what he was doing was kind of wrong, so I don't see him as 100% victim.
My friend Sonia: No one was standing in the room pointing a gun at him and forcing him to take off his clothes and do those things. I don't see him as a victim.
Seventeen magazine: I read this in 2007. A teen girl was chatting with someone online, and he said he was going to hurt or kill her and her family if she didn't take off her clothes on webcam.
She did and as she was doing it, she was crying.
Now she's 100% victim because someone threatened to hurt and kill her and her family.
This is from my May 2017 blog post:
Creep Catchers/ Justin Berry
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2017/05/creep-catchers-justin-berry.html
This is from the Apr. 2018 blog post:
Justin Berry (Part 2)/ Tyra Banks modeling scam episode/ Vern Troyer
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2018/04/justin-berry-vern-troyer.html
Selling Innocence: This is a TV movie I saw in 2005.
"Mia Sampson's dreams to be a model come true when she's asked to pose for photographs to be displayed on an Internet website for "members only." However, when the owner of the website uses her pictures for exploitation purposes, Mia's mother must fight to remove the photos off the web and restore her daughter's privacy."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462522/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_selling%2520inn
Spoiler alert: Mia wants all the photos removed from the website and asks her boss Malcolm to remove them. Malcolm tells her he will do that if she takes off all her clothes on a webcam show on the website.
As Mia is taking off her clothes, she's crying. She is down to her underwear and Malcolm says stop and kicks her out. Mia tells her mom about this and they go to the police.
My opinion: In the Seventeen magazine and Selling Innocence, the people are coerced to take off their clothes.
Justin Berry wasn't being coerced to take off his clothes. This was still an interesting story on Oprah.
There was drama, conflict, and tension for Berry's story.
A character has to take off his or her clothes at gunpoint:
Inside Man: In this movie, the bank robbers force all the hostages to take off their clothes to their underwear. They all put on coveralls and masks.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454848/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_8_nm_0_q_inside%2520man
Between: In the pilot Ronnie and his brother Pat steal a car from Mr. Lott's car dealership.
Mr. Lott and his son Chuck see this. They put these flares on the road.
Ronnie and Pat stop the car.
Mr. Lott points a gun at them and gets them to take off their clothes.
He shoots a warning shot at them.
Gord overhears the gun shot and comes over. He points a gun at Mr. Lott and then Mr. Lott puts his gun down.
Ronnie and Pat get dressed.
Dec. 27, 2023 Deception used to take off your clothes:
Tyra Banks modeling scam episode: If you read the above blog post, Tyra put this modeling ad out. This is to forewarn models from falling into this scam where they take off their clothes and take pictures of them.
Justin Berry: That's another reason why I don't see Justin as a victim, because there was no deception to take off his clothes.
Deception used to get your money: I wrote about this before, and I will post this about how I almost got scammed when I thought I got hired:
Scream 4/ Southgate Construction scam
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2017/07/scream-4-southgate-construction-scam.html
Writing tip: A character is forced to take off his or her clothes in a scene. However, there isn't really a whole story you can write about that.
A young woman is struggling to pay for her college tuition and living costs, so she works as a stripper: It's not a very creative and original story because a lot of women do that.
This is also not a creative or original way for young women to make money.
This is from my Feb. 2010 blog post. I have written about this Tyra Banks episode about Kenya working as a stripper to pay for her college tuition and living costs a few times on this blog:
Allan Hawco/ Regent Research/ date
Tyra: I was watching this because African- American girl Kenya wants to admit that she's been stripping to her mom and her grandma. She was stripping to pay for school, apartment, and a car. She didn't want to ask for help because she feels like they would be controlling her. She doesn't live with her mom because there are too many kids there, and she doesn't want to live with her grandma.
It's during the recession, and her boyfriend at the time suggested about stripping at a club, and didn't tell her to do it.
Tyra: What did you tell your mom and grandma that you were doing?
Kenya: That I work at a library.
Some of the audience laughs because it is unintentionally funny. A library is so different from a strip club.
When K is about to tell the truth.
Mom: Are you married?
K: No.
Mom: Are you pregnant?
K: No. I've been dancing at a strip club.
They were upset about it and they said they will totally support her with money that she needs. They discussed to Tyra that they didn't always get along and there are problems in the relationship. Kenya is basically telling them that she wants to stop and that she wants financial help.
I saw another similar ep a week or so ago. This guy admits to his mom that he's a male prostitute and that he doesn't want to do it anymore. Tyra talks about the recession and how it's okay to move back home with your parents. There are people 35 and over with kids and they move back with their parents.
Last month I did see an ep where this 21 yr old woman is a prostitute and she wants to quit. The woman then meets with two other guests who were on the show before, who also did the same thing. The two guests are now doing fine with online classes, working as receptionists, and happy. Tyra is going to help the 21 yr old woman.
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2010/02/allan-hawco-regent-research-date.html
W- Five: This was in 2003. They interview this young blonde woman who is in university.
Woman: It was getting closer to paying my rent, so I went and worked as a stripper. There was a contest and I got 2nd place.
She continued to working as one and her friends and family support her.
There are men who offer to pay her for sex, but she declines.
Confessions of a Go-Go Girl: I saw this TV movie and I liked it.
"Jane McCoy, a recent college graduate, much to her parent's dismay, decides to scrap her plans for law school to pursue an acting career full-time. Struggling to make ends meat, she meets a confident and persuasive friend who shows her the way to make extra money go-go dancing. What starts as just an "easy money" job, however, rapidly becomes an all-consuming activity that slowly pulls Jane from her acting classes, her relationships with her boyfriend and family, and, most importantly, from her true self."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1239228/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_confessions%2520of%2520a%2520go
This is from my Dec. 2008 blog post. This is a synopsis and a spoiler alert.
writing/ movie/ health
Dec. 5 Movie: The other night I saw the movie called Dark Water starring Jennifer Connelly. She is a single mom with her 6- year- old daughter. They move into a rundown apartment building. They are being haunted by a ghost of a young girl. It was kind of scary. I think I watch too much of A Haunting and found this kind of boring.
A couple of weeks ago I saw a TV movie on the Women's network called Confessions of a Go-Go Girl. A young woman got accepted into law school, but she really wants to try out that acting school. Her parents don't support her, and she will have to make her own money to support herself. At the school she meets a girl passing out fliers for her boyfriend's photography. Actors need headshots.
The young woman and girl becomes friends. It turns out the girl is a go- go dancer. It's kind of like stripping, but you don't take everything off. Then later the young woman does the same thing to make money to support herself and help with her acting/ performing.
I'll say the movie was kind of creative. The girl does cocaine. She doesn't die due to an overdose, but when she gets breast implants, the anesthesia conflict with the controlled substance of cocaine that was in her body.
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2008/12/writing-movie-health.html
Dec. 25, 2023 Real life examples: I know this young woman in late teens Br and she worked at my Hotel Restaurant job. This was like in 2013.
Br: If I didn't get this job, I was going to work at Diamonds (the strip club.)
Br was still struggling financially.
This was probably in 2015. I met this 20 yr old woman Bo at the Hotel Restaurant job. She was eating 1 meal a day at the restaurant she worked at before getting this job.
Tracy: Have you thought of working as a stripper?
Bo: Shh... my mom was a stripper and I don't want to be anything like her.
Sugar babies: This is also not a creative or original way for a young woman to make money
Sugar Babies: The Canadian actor Giles Panton is in this. I didn't watch it. If you type this into imdb.com, there are a lot of TV and movies about this.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4289566/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_sugar%2520babies
All the Sugar babies articles on my blog:
Mar. 2012:
productive/ fertility/ sugar babies
Apr. 2013:
bad parenting/ charity/ Rehtaeh Parsons
Tracy's blog: bad parenting/ charity/ Rehtaeh Parsons (badcb.blogspot.com)
Sept. 2017:
"What turns women on: less kitsch, more context"/ Sugar Sisters
Tracy's blog: "What turns women on: less kitsch, more context"/ Sugar Sisters (badcb.blogspot.com)
Dec. 26, 2023 Financial pressure: These women are working as strippers and sugar babies to make money to pay bills.
This reminds me of this book I read back in 2006 by Robert T. Kiyosaki:
Poor dad: Money is the root of all evil.
Rich dad: The lack of money is the root of all evil.
College tuition and living costs should be more affordable.
https://www.amazon.ca/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680194
Jul. 18, 2023 TV shows about guests arriving at a hotel:
Good Witch: There are guests that stay at this small bed and breakfast. The guests do learn something when they stay there.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3906732/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_good%2520withc
Fantasy Island: There are guests that stay in this magical island. The guests do learn something when they stay there.
They experience these magical things and places.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13784584/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_8_nm_0_q_fantasy%2520i
Grand Hotel: This is about the people who work in the hotel.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7671068/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_8_nm_0_q_grand%2520hotel
Aug. 24, 2023: The lead character meets a 2nd character in the pilot. He or she helps the 2nd character.
The 2nd character then joins the lead character on the show.
God Friended Me: Miles meets Cara because this God account told him he has to help her. They become friends.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7948998/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_god%2520frien
Daredevil: Matt meets this woman Karen who's accused of murder. He's a lawyer so he defends her. He then hires her as a receptionist.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322312/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_darede
Fantasy Island: Elena meets the guests Mel and Ruby. Later Ruby ends up staying and working on the island.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13784584/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_8_nm_0_q_fantasy%2520i
Aug. 29, 2023 FBI:
This is from my Jul. 2021 blog post:
Fall 2018 TV season (Part 3)/ "Man in China reunited with son snatched 24 years ago"
-solve a bombing
-stop a bombing
-solve a murder
-stop a murder
-figure out the motive: A lot of times it seems like it's a terrorist attack, and then it's something else.
Who is the next target?
Where is the next target?
How to stop it?
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2021/07/fall-2018-tv-season-part-3-man-in-china.html
They look for:
Who would kill this person? And why?
Who set this bomb off?
Who kidnapped this person?
This thing mainly chemicals to make a bomb were stolen.
Sept. 24, 2023 A curse to prevent 2 people from being in a relationship:
Midnight, Texas: Fiji is a witch. She's in love with Bo Bo and there is a curse that will kill Bo Bo if they're together. This is in season 2.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5464086/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_midnight%2520tex
Good Witch: The show is about Cassie who is the good witch. She is more intuitive and uses herbs to heal people.
Abigail is like a witch, and is the cousin of Cassie. Abigail is in love with Donovan, and there is a curse upon both of them if they're together. This is in season 6.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3906732/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_good%2520witch
Nancy Drew: Nancy and Ace are in love. There is a curse on Nancy and Ace, and Ace will die if they're together. This is in season 4.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10313176/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_nancy
"‘Nancy Drew’ EP Slams CW Execs For Abrupt Cancellation: “They Suck”"/ "Nancy Drew EP Slams New CW Execs for Disrespectful Cancellation: ‘They Suck’
"‘Rachael Ray’ Daytime Show To End After 17 Seasons"/ "'ET Canada' cancelled by Corus Entertainment, blames 'challenging' advertising market"
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. is reversing course on a decision to reduce its discounts on grocery items nearing their best-before date.
Spokeswoman Catherine Thomas confirmed Friday afternoon that after listening to feedback from customers and colleagues, Loblaw is reverting back to its previous discounting practice of marking down last-day sale items by between 30 and 50 per cent.
"Customers can expect to see (50 per cent) stickers returning in the next few weeks," she said in an email.
Canada's largest grocer drew public ire this week after it decided that all last-day sale items would be marked down by 30 per cent across the board to provide more predictability and consistency.
A new open-pit gold mine in northeastern Ontario has turned to automation — including nearly 300-tonne hauling trucks that drive themselves — in a bid to increase productivity and worker safety.
The Côté Gold project near Gogama, halfway between Sudbury and Timmins, is expected to produce around 440,000 ounces of gold a year over the next 18 years.
To extract the precious metal, massive Caterpillar mining trucks will haul more than 30,000 tonnes of ore every day so they can be processed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArL4tLS93fw
Linda J. from Scarborough, ON, would like to know:
How do you save on groceries?
Cheaper/off-brands 28.75% (1304)
Price match in-store 25.40% (1152)
Reward points 23.99% (1088)
Other 7.67% (348)
Coupons 6.81% (309)
Not applicable 5.01% (227)
Shop online 2.36% (107)
LEO would like to know:
Which non-profit organization would you be most inclined to donate your points to?
Canadian Cancer Society 25.11% (1111)
Other 19.69% (871)
Food Banks Canada 16.77% (742)
Make-A-Wish Canada 13.25% (586)
Canadian Mental Health Association 8.21% (363)
World Wildlife Fund Canada 5.88% (260)
Red Cross Canada 5.61% (248)
Heart and Stroke Foundation 3.01% (133)
Habitat for Humanity Canada 1.27% (56)
World Vision Canada 1.22% (54)
