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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Pitching My Snakes on a Plane Remake
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'I know what you're thinking: this movie has already been made. Why make it again? But hear me out. I really think I could make it better. For one, we could have it be a bit more gritty and realistic. So, instead of the snakes—which, I admit, are a fun touch, if a bit far-fetched—it'd be a normal American Airlines flight, and the fantastical element is introduced when the plane's just sitting on the tarmac for two hours and forty-five minutes. Yes, that's right, just sitting there. No, the audience doesn't know the reason; neither do the characters. Instead of dramatic irony, it's, like, the audience and the characters are bound together by American Airlines in their powerlessness.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon The New Yorker 9 October 2015 11401641 2015 periodical issue 2015
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    y separately published work icon Best Austrian Australian Comedy Writing Best Australian Comedy Writing Luke Ryan (editor), South Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2016 11395358 2016 anthology prose humour

    'Editor and comedian Luke Ryan has searched the nation for the best comedy writing – collecting gems that have been published far and wide, and mining new comedy gold from our funniest writers. Featuring memoir, satire, fiction, scripts, sketches, prose and much more from comedy legends and rising stars, this is Best Australian Comedy Writing.'

    South Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2016
    pg. 33-36
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