587 - Toldja! The Nikki Finke Movie

<p>John and Craig discuss a doppelgänger murder, the true life of a Hollywood rebel, an unexpected roadtrip, and more in this week’s installment of How Would This Be A Movie, where we analyze how stories in the news would translate onscreen.</p> <p>We also follow up on Chat GPT, Celebrity Jeopardy, and writing in other people’s voices. We then answer an embarrassed listener’s question on unfavorable movie reviews.</p> <p>In our bonus segment for premium members, we discuss overpowered characters in D&D and how character strengths factor into our own writing.</p> <p> </p> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/doppelganger-murder-woman-killed-instagram-lookalike-fake-death-rcna68318?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘Doppelganger murder’: Woman accused of killing Instagram lookalike in plot to fake her own death</a> By Andy Eckardt and Aina J. Khan for NBC</li> <li><a href= "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/29/mbs-v-mbn-the-bitter-power-struggle-between-rival-saudi-princes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Godfather, Saudi-Style</a> by Anuj Chopra for the Guardian</li> <li><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/style/nikki-finke-hollywood-journalist.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Last Days of Nikki Finke</a> by Jacob Bernstein for the NYT</li> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64125531" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Nun and the Monk who fell in Love and Married</a> by Aleem Maqbool for BBC</li> <li><a href= "https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/chance-encounters-canceled-flight-van-road-trip-13-strangers/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">13 stranded strangers went on a road trip. Here’s what happened</a> by Francesca Street for CNN</li> <li><a href= "https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkyxp/whats-the-deal-with-nothing-forever-a-21st-century-seinfeld-that-is-ai-generated" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘Nothing, Forever’ Is An Endless ‘Seinfeld’ Episode Genera