Writer gives definitions of Development hell; elements, D-girls, Courtesy read; Turnaround; M.A.W.; Buff; the slang changes almost as frequently as studio executives change jobs.
But, as the two men get high on dreams of profit, Bobby asks his temporary secretary, Karen, to give a courtesy read to a novel by an "eastern cissy writer" about radiation and the prospect of human survival.
So Bobby, in an attempt to woo her, gets her to do the courtesy read of a novel he fully intends to ignore, The Bridge – what seems to be a kind of Paulo Coelho-type narrative of awakening, focused on radiation, humanity and survival – by what he calls an "Eastern sissy writer" and report back to him at his home later that evening.
For more general information about courtesy, read this article.
"I haven't, for the sort of reasons which are made clear in the report by Nick Pollard, which has done a courtesy of reading the Royal Charter and the roles of the BBC and BBC Trust.
I'm just giving you the courtesy of reading your notes," said Roskam, who consulted notes during his questioning. .
Have the courtesy to read postings, and the comments on them, before leaping in to attack.
"The bearer of this credential should be afforded all appropriate courtesy," it reads.
In the 1950's, an abortive attempt was made to have television stars read courtesy reminders over the loudspeakers.
So it's not without a certain sense of Schadenfreude that one reads – courtesy of Alexandria Goddard of Prinniefied and KnightSec – about the background and familial connections of those doing the investigation and, in the case of the coaches, not punishing the boys involved.
