Re: [Geekdom] More Screenplays in the Sea of Time

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Avoid normal situations. <byend.removethisbityousillyperson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>  I'd bet on _Ranma 1/2_. A man who changes into a woman when doused with
>cold water is a concept that would fit right in in one of those light
>fantasy/comedies that old Hollywood often did well (_Topper_, _The Ghost
>and Mrs. Muir_, et al.).

A lot of Ranma is based on parodies and exaggerations of martial arts
movies and Japanese culture.  Hollywood decades ago would care about and
understand neither of these.
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