script doctor
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But what the production really needs is a script doctor capable of a miracle cure.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025
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
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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