Friday, July 10, 2009

Close but no cigar

A former student of mine went phone-shopping for an agent and connected with a former agent of mine.

He asked if I was in Portland and I said yes. Then he asked if I went to Portland State. I said yes. Lastly he asked if I knew a Charles Deemer. I said, of course. This agent was Michael Sommer. He wanted me to tell you hi for him and he said your "A Sad Laughter" is one of the best things he's ever gotten and is still one of his favorites.


One of my favorites, too, and it's a shame Sad Laughter never became a film. MS tried like hell to sell it, a true enthusiastic fan of the script. Close but no cigar. But it might sell yet one day, a history play is timeless. It's based on my stage play, of course.

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