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'''Retroscripting''' is a term for two techniques used in [[movie]] and [[television]] programs.
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A retroscripted [[Screenplay|script]] contains a [[Plot (narrative)|plot]] outline and leaves dialogue deliberately vague for interpretation by the actors through [[Improvisational theatre|improvisation]]. Retroscripting can add strong [[Realism (dramatic arts)|realism]] and [[characterization]] to dialogue, and is regularly employed in the [[Unscripted TV]] genre. Contemporary examples of television shows using this technique are ''[[Home Movies (cartoon series)|Home Movies]]'', ''[[10 Items or Less (TV series)|10 Items or Less]]'', ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]'', ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'', ''[[Reno 911!]]'', ''[[Summer Heights High]]'' and ''[[Outsider's Inn]]'' as well as films by [[Christopher Guest]]. Some other films that may have contained retroscripted segments are ''[[Friday Night Lights (film)|Friday Night Lights]]'', very brief segments of ''[[S.W.A.T. (film)|S.W.A.T.]]'', ''[[Black and White (1999 film)|Black and White]]'', and some of the films of [[Robert Altman]], who was known as an actor's director and referred to a screenplay as merely a "blueprint" for the action. The director John Cassavetes, sometimes known as the "father" of independent film, used retroscripting most notably for his films Husbands and Faces, although he employed the technique to some degree in most of his films.
==Re-recording==
Retroscripting can also refer to the practice of recording new or unscripted dialogue over a [[live-action]] or [[cartoon|animated]] program. It may be done for a number of reasons:
*To capitalize on a late-breaking news story or [[scandal]] and make the episode current,
*To censor potentially troublesome or possibly insensitive dialogue. An episode of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' suffered this fate following the passing of the [[Pope John Paul II|Pope]]. A line was redubbed from "You have to hand it to the [[Catholic|Catholics]]. They know how to do grief better than anyone," to "You have to hand it to Gabby and Carlos. They know how to do grief better than anyone."
*If an actor has repeated trouble with a line or word. In [[A Private Little War (TOS episode)|an episode]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', according to [[William Shatner]], his fellow actor [[DeForest Kelley]] had trouble pronouncing an alien creature's name. The creature's name was "Gumato", but Kelley kept saying "Mugato". The monster eventually became officially known as the Mugato.
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