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'''Retroscripting''' is a term coined by [[Loren Bouchard]], creator of ''[[Home Movies (TV series)|Home Movies]]'', to describe that show's production. A retroscripted [[Screenplay|script]] contains a [[Plot (narrative)|plot]] outline and leaves dialogue deliberately vague for interpretation by the actors through [[Improvisational theatre|improvisation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19990426&id=B6JJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sw0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6241,3346972&hl=en|first=Dale|last=McCarrigle|date=1999-04-26|newspaper=Bangor Daily Times|___location=Maine|title='Home Movies' a flat flop of a cartoon}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Poundstone heads talented cast of 'Home Movies'|newspaper=Star-Banner|___location=Ocala, Florida|date=1999-04-24|first=Cynthia|last=Werthamer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19990424&id=_uFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rQgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3788,5353392&hl=en}}</ref>
