How to Write Dirty… and Ruin Movies

With apologies to the late standup comic icon Lenny Bruce, one of my heroes, whose timeless autobiography is entitled How to Talk Dirty and Influence People.

Richard Walter
Moving Pictures
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3 min readFeb 2

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When I was new to the business, foul language was still banned in movies. You couldn’t use the S word, much less the F word.

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Richard Walter
Moving Pictures

Screenwriter, bestselling author, and 40 years leadership @ UCLA’s prestigious screenwriting program. Get 40 lessons from 40 years: richardwalter.com/newsletter