Behind the Scenes of a Trump/Anti-Trump RomCom: Erik Bork Reveals Unexpected Twists in SYS Podcast Episode 541
Erik Bork
Right. I mean, we try to live with the mask where there’s only like a one scene where people have masks on. But yeah, it was a decision of I think I was thinking I think I wrote it in like 2022, 2023, like, you know, you’re looking as a dramatist for what’s the most dramatic time period to have this kind of story happen if you’re going to if you’re going to do any time over the last four to eight years, you know, whatever the Trump era, I guess, starting in like 2015, 2016. And I think when the election was being contested in December 2020, leading to January 6, was about the most dramatic time to date, right? So, at a certain point, I was like, well, January 6 could be the all is lost moment at the end of Act Two in this movie, like the thing that permanently becomes a rift if it seemed like they had any chance, they’re not going to after that, especially if he went or supported it or whatever. And so at a certain point, I was like, Yeah, I’m going to do that. So, I have this really big moment, right? And also you can open the movie with a quick way we find out what her views are. And she’s like a social media consultant, and she’s doing something online. And she sees some posts, some Trump supporting post about Mike Pence needs to not certify this rigged election, right? So we know we’re leading to January six, and she’s upset and like tries almost fires back an angry rebuttal to that and then doesn’t. So like, right away, it’s easy to establish, okay, this is the time period, this is her views. And then we can move on with other stuff, you know, we establish that right away. So, but yeah, it’s a fraught time. And I decided to lean into that, but we lead to this issue, which is already fraught, leading to the most fraught period for it, you know, compressed angry period around that, which to me, that was.
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