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Pitching the Gilbert Goons Netflix Movie (and Demanding the IP)
from Den Of Snakes | The Tim Dillon Show #378 · #378
10 min
Tim goes on an extended fantasy riff about acquiring the intellectual property rights to the Gilbert goons story, imagining pitch meetings with Hollywood executives, casting Sarah Snook as the mom, marching into Netflix with a pro-Israel faction of the Nation of Islam as screenwriters, and mocking a New York Times article about Gaza tunnels for its lack of "Gentile" bylines.
- Tim demands intellectual property rights to a Netflix series about the case
- Walking into Hollywood pitch meetings as a fat guy who likes Trump gets him thrown out immediately
- Studio executives treat him as a novelty—someone's crazy wife down in Palm Beach loves him, but they can't work with him
- This time he's pitching white suburban kids, a police cover-up, rich people, and desert landscapes—things studios actually want to make
- Tim pivots to Gaza bombing campaign, calling Andrew Sullivan's description of it as 'infanticide' hard to argue with
- New York Times article on Hamas tunnels written by Jewish bylines while massive protests call Biden 'Genocide Joe'
- He wants the IP because it's his story—rich white people committing murders in desert landscapes with purple sunsets
- Tim will make this story perfect and bang audiences over the head with its message, unlike shows that subtly convey meaning
- Before the kid gets killed on screen, characters will explicitly say they can get away with it because they're white men
- He's serious about this: it's his ticket, and the IP teaches lessons that apply to everyone