MAD PRAISES FOR MY TEAM

Today, I traveled to Brooklyn to meet my co-writer Rakhunuhepp at the Ausar Auset temple. After giving me two scoops of "cookies and cream" ice-cream he told me to meet him upstairs in his office. As usual he didn't say exactly why but I made the trip up two long flight of stairs. Oh, by the way the ice-cream made out of Tofu was the bomb!

When I got to his computer Rakhu loaded his version of Master Killers. In addition to the one I wrote, Rakhu went ahead and did an entire rewrite himself. So for all you fans out there, yes there are two versions of the script. If you go to 125th street you may be able to get one of the bootleg versions where Shakti goes wild and runs through Central Park naked. Anyway, we've been under a lot of pressure to really cut the script down from 116 pages to 95. Rakhu began showing me specific scenes where he would cut dialogue and pages. I was truly excited as he managed to cut many things but at the same time weave in new twists. In short, the man is bad! I have never worked with a writer so talented. Yes, anyone can cut a scene but it takes real skill not to loose anything in the process. As I left on my way to rehearsal with Travis and Adesina, I was feeling really good about the script. Six years of rewrites were finally paying off. I knew we had something no other indie filmmaker or writer had.

At rehearsal I was further amazed by both Travis and Adesina. After finishing her lines, Desi as she likes to be called, looked at me for feedback. I just stood there speechless. She had it! That was it! That's what I had been looking for all this time. Next, Travis did his thing. As he stopped to look for my feedback strangely he couldn't find me. That's because I was on the floor laughing in utter pain. He was awesome! He hit his mark and made the scene even funnier than I had written it. My phone then rang and it was the beautiful and talented actress Christine. She wanted to know her training schedule for the upcoming week. She couldn't wait to get started with the martial arts instructor. The girl is devoted!

Man, I was in heaven. This was my dream team. This is the cast that a director only dreams about. These guys were so awesome. Six years of casting and now I have the perfect players. God was smiling on me. As we ended the session I went home, telephoned Halle Berry, then laid down in my bed next to Curious George. Yes, it was a damn good day.

PS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTINE!!!