MY
BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
The
script for this film, written by the lead actress,
is very funny, even though it covers familiar ground.
It
confirmed for me a valuable lesson for the writer:
find the gold in your idea and stick with it.
This
is a love story. Yet, unlike the normal Hollywood
love story, there is almost no time spent on the courtship.
Why?
Because the writer understood that the comic gold
in this idea is the contrast of the crazy Greek family
and her WASP boyfriend and parents.
The
lead character is quite normal relative to her family.
So the moments between her and her almost perfect
boyfriend, while sweet, produce little comedy.
Best
to get that stuff out of the way as quickly as possible
so the real comic machine can produce as many laughs
as possible. The result is a very funny indie hit.
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