The Angeles Crest Fiasco

Screenwriter Kelly Marcel joins John and Craig to play Fiasco, resulting in a tale of art, murder and sexual blackmail in the Hollywood Hills. This extended, unlike-all-before-it episode will probably be polarizing, but it was a chance to explore story in ways that you can’t do in abstract. In Fiasco, plot really does come out of character choices. This episode is filthy. If this were a cable drama, it would be TV-MA DSLV. If that makes you more or less likely to listen, trust your gut. (There’s no nudity. It’s radio.) Our thanks to Kelly Marcel for hosting. Next week, we’ll return with a more conventional episode. Links: Kelly Marcel on IMDb, and on Scriptnotes episodes 115, 123 and 124, and the recent WGF Bonus Episode Fiasco and on Amazon Hollywood Wives by Jobe Bittman and other Fiasco Playsets Rawson Thurber on IMDb Richard Kelly on IMDb Colin Jost, and on IMDb John’s teaser tweet with images of the cards Fiasco on TableTop with Wil Wheaton: Set-up, Part 1, and Part 2 Angeles Crest National Forest Zoom H4N recorder on Amazon Outro by Scriptnotes listener Betty Spinks (send us yours!) You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3. Because of the length of this episode and the cost involved, there will not be a transcript of episode 142. The post The Angeles Crest Fiasco first appeared on John August.