WHEN A GAG BECOMES A GAG
WHEN A GAG BECOMES A GAG
by Alex S. Gabor
When you write about suicide, be careful, you never know who might think you are trying to kill yourself.
After writing a lyrical poem titled "The Suicide Song" and posting it on a suicide blog, as well as TPM Cafe and a few other places, two people who actually cared and thought the author was serious wrote to him, one even called him on the phone to provide moral support, encouragement and a toll free number to a suicide hotline.
On the other hand, the song became part of evidence during a phony trumped up motion for an anti-stalking order by the writer's ex, so the gag became a Gag in a sense.
Of course she didn't get her stalking order because she couldn't prove stalking. Thank goodness the Judge was a sane woman.
So when does a gag become a Gag?
When people misunderstand who you are, what you have become, and where you have been, they always try to Gag your gags even if your initials are GAG as in G ALEX GABOR.
Alex S. Gabor is a freelance writer and filmmaker in Hollywood. He has written a screenplay called "Idiots and Morons" and plans to direct the film.
Copyright © 2006 by Alex S. Gabor. All World Rights Reserved.
by Alex S. Gabor
When you write about suicide, be careful, you never know who might think you are trying to kill yourself.
After writing a lyrical poem titled "The Suicide Song" and posting it on a suicide blog, as well as TPM Cafe and a few other places, two people who actually cared and thought the author was serious wrote to him, one even called him on the phone to provide moral support, encouragement and a toll free number to a suicide hotline.
On the other hand, the song became part of evidence during a phony trumped up motion for an anti-stalking order by the writer's ex, so the gag became a Gag in a sense.
Of course she didn't get her stalking order because she couldn't prove stalking. Thank goodness the Judge was a sane woman.
So when does a gag become a Gag?
When people misunderstand who you are, what you have become, and where you have been, they always try to Gag your gags even if your initials are GAG as in G ALEX GABOR.
Alex S. Gabor is a freelance writer and filmmaker in Hollywood. He has written a screenplay called "Idiots and Morons" and plans to direct the film.
Copyright © 2006 by Alex S. Gabor. All World Rights Reserved.
posted by Alex S. Gabor at 12:18 PM
