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Mazin does not hold back on his disdain for Carson Reeves and his Scriptshadow blog, which reviews both professional and amateur scripts, including one of August's rewrites of a possible tentpole movie for [[20th Century Fox]]. Per August, though the review was positive, the studio went 'ballistic' and it was taken down.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnaugust.com/2012/scriptnotes-ep-55-producers-and-pitching-transcript|title=Transcript of Scriptnotes, Ep. 55|website=johnaugust.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref> Mazin broached the topic again on episode 186 (March 3, 2015), citing Reeves' negative review of the ''[[Birdman_(film)|Birdman]]'' screenplay as an example of why Reeves' opinions are misplaced, unnecessary and unwelcome, considering ''Birdman'' went on to win six Oscars at the 2015 ceremony, including [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnaugust.com/2015/scriptnotes-ep-186-the-rules-or-the-paradox-of-the-outlier-transcript|title=Transcript of Scriptnotes, 186|website=johnaugust.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref>
 
Mazin broached the topic a third time on episode 291 (March 07/2017) after Reeves called out 2017 Oscar winners ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]), and ''[[Manchester by the Sea (film)|Manchester Byby Thethe Sea]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]) as terrible screenplays that any of the 10,000 WGA members could have scripted. Mazin's issue was that Reeves should have written them himself if that's the case, then went on to call Reeves an 'idiot' suffering 'delusions of grandeur' since Reeves had expressed his views on a public blog and not in a private conversation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnaugust.com/2017/scriptnotes-ep-291-california-cannibal-cults-transcript|title=Transcript of Scriptnotes, 291|website=johnaugust.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref>
 
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