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Rajiv Joseph on his Black List screenplay 'Draft Day'
Rajiv Joseph is currently making quite an impression in Hollywood with his screenplay "Draft Day," written with Scott Rothman. The football comedy is ranked No. 1 on this year's Black List, the movie industry's informal ranking of the most popular unproduced screenplays. Joseph might be a fresh face in Hollywood, but he has already made a name for himself in the theater world, where his plays have garnered praise for their intelligence, topicality and sense of humor. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist two years ago for "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," which ran at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and later at the Mark Taper Forum before transferring to Broadway. ...
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Rajiv Joseph on his Black List screenplay 'Draft Day'
Rajiv Joseph is currently making quite an impression in Hollywood with his screenplay "Draft Day," written with Scott Rothman. The football comedy is ranked No. 1 on this year's Black List, the movie industry's informal ranking of the most...
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