You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!: Life Lessons from the Movie A Christmas Story

by Quentin Schultze

Book Overview

For the first time, author Quentin Schultze, who taught storytelling with screenwriter Jean Shepherd, reveals the "secret" parables that Shepherd included in his screenplay for A Christmas Story. Now you won't need a decoder ring to learn why the Old Man's leg lamp is his "trophy wife," why the bully is named "Scut," why there is a "Bumpus" in all of us, why Mom and the kids give a "Bronx cheer" after singing "Jingle Bells" in the Olds, and so...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937532011
• ISBN13: 9781937532017
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Edenridge Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"