- Verbs
- To schmooze … befriend scum
- To pitch … grovel shamelessly
- To brainstorm … feign preparedness
- To research … procrastinate indefinitely
- To network … spread misinformation
- To collaborate … argue incessantly
- To freelance … collect unemployment
- Nouns
- Agent … frustrated lawyer
- Lawyer … frustrated producer
- Producer … frustrated writer
- Writer … frustrated director
- Director … frustrated actor
- Actor … frustrated human
- Compound Words
- High concept … low brow
- Production values1 … gore
- Production values2 … explosions
- Entry level … pays nothing
- Network approved … has made them money before
- Highly qualified … blew the producer
- Financial Terms
- Net … something that apparently doesn’t exist
- Gross … Michael Eisner’s salary
- Back End … you, if you think you’ll ever see any
- Residuals … braces for the kids
- Deferral … don’t hold your breath
- Points … see “-Net” or “-Back End”
- Common Phrases
- You can trust me … You must be new
- It needs some polishing … Change everything
- It shows promise … It sucks
- It needs some fine tuning … Change everything
- She got great press … She’ll never live down the embarrassment
- I’d like some input … I want total control
- It needs some honing … Change everything
- Call me back next week … Stay out of my life
- It needs some tightening … Change everything
- Try and punch it up … I have no idea what I want
- It needs some streamlining … Change everything
- It’s all up on the screen … You’ll never find the money I embezzled
- You’ll never work in this town again … I have no power whatsoever
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