It doesn't have to justify it according to mainstream tastes, except even that is perceived mainstream tastes. Normally you don't hear that-that's not what you hear. In fact, the first time I ever had a producer say, "I like that these characters are sort of highly educated" or something like that is on this film. It's reasonable." But still you get asked to take long words out. I often had it in scripts, where people say, "That conversation is going to be impossible for anyone to understand." You think, "No, it's not. And the phrase "dumbing down" relates to something real. But that's in the nature of received wisdom that they stick around without having to get scrutinized. I think that it's like a received wisdom sometimes, and it probably-in fact, almost definitely-doesn't really stand up to much scrutiny. They can be cunning, but not necessarily smart.īecause the audience is supposed to be smarter than the characters, in a way? Film often tries to stop you from doing that in various ways. It's nice writing characters that are smart. I love the thought patterns, I love the dialogue and I love the intelligence-Ava's really intelligent. The film is all about how amazing Ava is, basically. I knew that I was crazy about Ava before I got to that scene. I wrote this script it was all about Ava before I even had written the first line. What's your favorite thing about the robot Ava?
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