Talk:Serial Mom

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the movies on the tv sentance is bad. I tried to fix it. Maybe we need a complete list of the movies.--Gbleem 22:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Fictional? 2 Plot summary 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Serialmomdvd.jpg 4 Item too trivial for trivia section (!)

[edit] Fictional?

Can someone please cite a source that states that this is completely fictional? Is it not even tangentially based on a similar event? I was unable to find that information in the IMDB page. Check out the commentary if you have the DVD, and let me know what John has to say. - Asarkees

In the beginning of the DVD commentary, he says "In the beginning it has this thing that says 'All this was true' and everything. You'd be surprised at how many people really believed that. I have people who say, 'Well, where can I get the book?' ... People really believed that this was true in the beginning, that it was based on a true crime book." Sam 06:33, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary

Is that a plot summary, or a novelization? -- AvatarMN 22:48, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I know! Why not just copy and paste the entire script? It would take less time to just watch the movie.71.63.119.49 (talk) 09:45, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Serialmomdvd.jpg

Image:Serialmomdvd.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Item too trivial for trivia section (!)

The following was removed from the trivia section. It is posted here as an example of what not to include in an entry:

• In John Waters' original 1992 script, several small details vary from the final product:

In the original version, rather that Misty asking "Do you think i could get 50 cents for The Village People on Vinyl?" and Chip replying "You might get a buck" she asks "Do you think i can get 50 cents for Vanilla Ice?" to which Chip replies "I wouldn't give you a nickel"

I'm a big fan of John Waters' films too, but when I'm writing about them I try to exercise restraint about what information to include. His scripts are loaded with numerous plot twists and quotable lines. But unless the item is relevant to the plot summary, or a memorable line can be included in the text of the entry — not a trivia section — I won't include it. I'd love to, but it ain't Wiki-like. So, dear writers, please step back from your work and ask yourself, "Is this really relevant, or can I delete it?" Thank you. Kinkyturnip (talk) 14:59, 29 April 2008 (UTC)