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script doctor

American  

noun

  1. one who revises or alters a script to improve it.


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Ishtar was the brainchild of Elaine May, a legendary improvisational comedy performer who'd made a name for herself as a screenwriter, director, and script doctor throughout the 1970s and '80s.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2021

Does it fall to him, once a professional script doctor, to fix things?

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2020

Taylor was Towne’s script doctor, the shadow’s shadow as it were.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2020

He was also a noted "script doctor" who worked uncredited on many features.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2018

Antwacky, apoliticism, Beemer, beerfest, energy vampire, energy-dense, fictionality, GERD, hip-hoppy, hip-pop, imposter syndrome, Jumbotron, precariat, self fashioning, script doctor, teenagery, untogetherness, walkative, whataboutism, yessir and zeitgeisty.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2018

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