Screenwriter pushes into dark corners

From The Orlando Sentinel: Screenwriter Sergio G. Sanchez may have figured out the reason for the success in America of films like Pan's Labyrinth and his own, The Orphanage: "When a Spanish or European or even Mexican film dares to go into those dark corners, you get the feeling that's something people would not welcome here. Strangely enough, though, American audiences seem to love that . . . . It's daring enough to go into places that audiences are rarely pushed into by American movies."

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Stripper turned screenwriter generates heat

From The Toronto Star and The New York Times: Given that she's a Catholic schoolgirl turned stripper turned hot indie-screenwriter, it's not surprising that Diablo Cody has become a media it-girl, profiled most recently in The Toronto Star and The New York Times. We'd say its sexist -- would she get this kind of press if she hadn't been a stripper, even with all the Oscar-talk swirling about her? -- except that anybody who can use the word "porcine" in a sentence (see the Times article) doesn't need us to defend her.

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