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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_comedy|improv]]. Retroscripting can add strong [[Realism (dramatic arts)|realism]] and [[characterization]] to dialogue. Contemporary examples of television shows using this technique are ''[[Home Movies (cartoon series)|Home Movies]]'', ''[[10 Items or Less]]'', ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]'', ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'', and ''[[Reno 911!]]'', as well as films by [[Christopher Guest]]. Some other films that may have contained retroscripted segments are ''[[Friday Night Lights]]'', ''[[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.
==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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