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Fantissity, Alexandra N. Dean
I Was A Teenage Necrophiliac: A Screenplay, Walter Howard
I Was A Teenage Necrophiliac: A Screenplay, Walter Howard
Masters Theses
The critical essay that introduces this thesis pays homage to three people in the movie business who have most influenced my original screenplay, I Was a Teenage Necrophiliac. Also included is a section that briefly explains the impetus for this project, and a closing argument that examines the intentional use of cliche as a creative tool.
The zany style of writer/director John Waters is the first major creative influence described. Although my story is not as graphically extreme as some of Waters' earlier work (it would be easy to make a comedy about necrophilia a vile exploitation film), it does …