Posted by scarletfire at as-line-053.provider-bremen.de on January 19, 2002 at 09:38:01:
Dear whoever is reading this. I hope you will pass it on to Kevin Smith,
because they're his mnovies and he should read this stuff and decide onhis
own. But anyway. I have already written a coiple of times and have
usually kept it short. But I never received an answer, so I thought I
would write an dtell you a little about myself and my theater group, and
perhaps I will get some sort of reaction. My name is Charlotte, I live in
a small city in northern Germany called Bremen. (This is where you say,
"never heard of it" and i say,"ever heard of Beck's Beer?" and you say"oh
yeah", I say "that's where it's brewed, our only claim to fame", and you
leave the discussion STILL without any real idea of where Bremen is, but
you feel better, becuase you can identify it with something. We humans need
that. Any how, I am american, and have chosen to leave the US, for various
reasons, and am studying to be an english and history teacher. I have
started my own theater group, because here in Bremen there is no english
speaking theater, and there are alot of english speaking people. We have
done four shows, so far and are trying to stick to comedy, because it goes
over best ina climate where it rains all year!! Every year, I wrack my
brains to think of the next piece. We have done God, and the Kathy and Mo
Show, and Hitchhiker's Guide. But the first time I saw Dogma, my second
thought (right after "this is the funniest and best criticical view of
religion there has ever been") was I have to put this on stage. See there
are very few people who know about your movies here inn Germany, at least
in Bremen and there are several reasons why I'd like to do Dogma. It would
help spread your name and films inthis area, although I know you are not
dependent on little theater groups...... hmmm... I don't know. I guess I
just wanted to ask. 've never done anything like this since I was in the
seventh grade, when I wrote Johnny Depp a fan letter. I've never written
another fan letter since, because I know they never really get to who they
are supposed to get to. But this time it isn't a fan letter, so I thought
I wold at least try. I am a fan don't get me wrong, a big one. Your films
are truly unique, and as a Vonnegut and Robbins fan, how can one fail to
live the cynical and cutting humor of your stuff! I know, you prbably get
this shit all the itme, but I guess I thought i would try to appeal to your
sense of starting out. I have this illusion that famous peope are just
people. I lived in Sacramento for a very long time an dI know Cake, and
Deftones and Korn, and they play here at huge festivals for gazillions of
people, but to me, they're just people, two of whom failed calculus with
me! You were starting out once too, and maybe you, unlike the deftones,
have remained on the floor, with a small head, and stil have time for the
little people. It would really help my group if we could do Dogma. I would
adapt it for the stage, as I did Hitchhiker's, but I can only do it with
your permission. I have done other shows, and not thought about rights,
but you're different. i respect your work, and wanted to ask, and have
permission. I hope I get. Thank you for listening, please answer, even if
its no. If am allowed, I need to start the adapting soon. Thanks,
Charlotte
P.S. I posted this on the board too, just incase, cause i have no idea how
these sites work!
PPS, I just saw the hting about the rights, but does that count for theater
self adaptions? And if so , can I talk to the oerson who has therights
about it? Also, you should know that Schueller the word doesn't exist. The
word Schueler means elementarts or highschool student, Silent Bob is
STILLER Bob. I thought that since you don't speak german, you might like
to understand what your hear and say!!! But I think it's funny that you
put it in a movie.