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Old 06-09-2014, 02:38 AM   #8
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Adonis - The first four lines flows well, great introduction to the piece. I'm liking what I see so far. Then this happens:
''Eye contact is strange, but a microchip speaking to brain?''
^ Kinda weird wording on the last one there, would ''speaking to the brain'' be correct? Kind of a hiccup here but you picked it up again pretty fast so no big deal as the following lines were dope as fuck.
It continued to flow well throughout leading up towards the end with the child dancing giving a new profound meaning to the artist in question for what he does. Very well done, I fluid straight to the point throughout with a dope flow, nice.

Zygote
- A script, well written at that too. The dialogue is interesting, straight forward and to the point. Unique to say the least, refreshing to read.

I felt it went well until Anne said ''what the fuck'' and ''Shut the fuck up''. From the impression I got of her from the first monologue despite ''You bastard!'' it felt like a break of character from her side to swear. It's your character and I can't really judge her based from the first paragraph and knowing next to nothing about her, but I was kinda hoping for more.. Uhm, ''sophisticated dialogue''? Apart from that I like the dialogue a lot, it kinda reminds me about Lazy Days by norwegian author Erlend Loe the way the dialogue progresses and jumps back'n'forth with logic statements in a conversation and how you can easily distinguish both parts role in the conversation, specially the ''I'm not complaining, I'm telling you''-part. Pretty cool shit.

The last speech to the audience from John was pretty cool as well, specially how it seems to me like he identifies with cancer as if the diagnosis gave him more life than he had before, not exactly a death wish but an acceptable way to go out and then looks to Anne for advice. Great ending. The last speech wasn't really extraordinary except from building character but I can't see how anything else would really fit or have the same impact, so it was pretty cool at that.

Vote - This is really hard to vote on as both went complete opposite ways and it's hard to vote on a script vs a topical verse. Zygote gets points for being unique and creative with his script with rhyme mechanics in the longer speeches, and Adonis gets points for being fluid with his verse along with strong character development towards the end.

Where Adonis went more abstract with his character Zygote played on a more mental note and let you get to know John as opposed to something happening to him. Giving that some extra thought makes for a more interesting character in my opinion and it boils down to the story. Adonis got a more interesting story going on with a fluid way to go about it to back it up even more, Zygote put two characters, siblings, in a room that supposedly got a lot of history yet one of the parties (perhaps both?) doesn't know much about what's really going on in the other persons life. I feel like they're equally great in both ways of writing. So it boils down to things I thought of as hiccups when I was reading:

Anne's ''what the fuck'' and ''shut the fuck up'' in Zygote's text, and ''speaking to brain'' in Adonis' verse. Both had just as much impact on that too. God this is hard to vote on...

I honestly can't pick a winner. But if I really have to pick someone it ends up with Adonis because I really enjoyed the more simple yet abstract thinking with the child and ''Could it be? A spirit? A soul?'', the musicians reaction and the whole scene with the kid as the child inevitably walks away. I really liked that image in my head as the musician finds a new purpose for doing what he does as opposed to Zygote's more pondering finnish as it left me wanting for more without a straight forward concluding finish. Well done to both, and massive props on taking that route Zygote.

Adonis gets my vote.
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