Dennis DiClaudio

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Dennis DiClaudio Writes Stuff

Some of it is even good. — Dennis DiClaudio is a writer and digital media consultant living in Philadelphia with one wife, one son, and two dogs. He’s the former editor-in-chief of Comedy Central’s Indecision website and has written for The Onion and The AV Club. His plays have been staged in New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta…

Biography

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Biography

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May 5

Last Night

A short film about friendship and loss told in the first person omniscient reflective tense — Directed by and Starring: Michael J. Ewing Greg Earnest Matthew Graves MJ Loria Written by Dennis DiClaudio

Short Film

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Short Film

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Mar 8

Chuck D and the Werewolf

An AI generated tale of the macabre — Based on the prompt: “Write a story about Chuck D from Public Enemy meeting a werewolf. Make Flavor Flav a tertiary character.” Chuck D, the legendary rapper and frontman of Public Enemy, was on tour with his band when they stopped in a small town in the middle of nowhere…

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Jul 15, 2022

In Praise of Obscurity

Turns out, those years of struggle and failure were the happiest of my life. — When I was in my late-20s and early-30s, I used to despair over how few ‘real’ people were reading the stuff that I was writing. And I was writing a lot back then. Not all great stuff, but some stuff that was worth reading. And nobody was. …

Writing

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