My name is David Scott Milton. I am a somewhat successful playwright (half a dozen plays off Broadway, one on Broadway for which the lead actor was nominated for a Tony), novelist (6 novels published) and screenwriter. I wrote Robert DeNiro's first major studio picture years and years ago. I also taught creative writing at USC for 33 years. You can check out my wikipedia page and website for more info.
In 1992, after my divorce, I had a lot of time on my hands. From my house on top of a mountain I could look down and see the local prison. I used to tell my wife "I bet there are a lot of stories down there". Once I was divorced I made some inquiries to find out if they'd be interested in having someone teach creative writing in the prison. It turned out the warden was a USC graduate. He said they had no classes on the maximum security yard, and asked if I'd be interested in teaching there. I said yes.
I have some wild stories to tell, so please AMA! Some of my former students include Lyle Menendez (of the parent murdering brothers Menendii), Black Panther leader Geronimo Pratt, and the killers of Mexican mafia founder Rudolpho Cadena (plot of "American Me" starring Edward James Olmos as Cadena).
Also, I've recently made a video of my one-man show about my experiences in the prison available. So if this AMA piques your interest and you'd like to learn even more about what teaching murderers does to a man, please check out Murderers Are My Life.
You can also AMA about my career, making films, old time celebrities I knew and worked with (Katherine Hepburn, Shirley Jones, Sir Tyrone Guthrie and more).
Proof has been messaged to the mods re: working in the prisons, but here's a picture to prove I am who I say I am. http://imgur.com/2hCBhBC
Edit 10:54 p.m. That's it for tonight folks! Thanks so much for asking questions, it was so much fun. I'll keep checking back in case anyone asks any more!
Edit 04.30.13 Came back to answer a few more questions :) Feel free to leave any and I'll keep checking back from time to time.
Note: It is entirely possible to believe he is guilty and still support his freedom.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
This is basically just a massive quote from his book Dirty truths: reflections on politics, media, ideology, conspiracy, ethnic life and class power (DM me for link).
>Aside from performing collective functions necessary for all societies, the state has the particular task of protecting the process of accumulating wealth for the few. Throughout our country's history, people have ought back and sometimes gained a limited degree of self-protective rights: universal suffrage, civil liberties, the right to collective bargaining, the eight-hour day, public education, social security and some human services. While these democratic gains are frequently violated and prove insufficient as a restraint against state power, their importance should not be denied.
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>Today in the much-vaunted western democracies there exists a great deal of unaccountable state power whose primary function is to maintain the existing politico-economic structure, using surveillance, infiltration, sabotage, judicial harassment, disinformation, trumped-up charges and false arrests [example], tax harassment, blackmail and even violence and assassination [example] to make the world safe for those who own it.
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>There exists a state within the state, known as the national security state, a component of misgovernment centering around top officers in the various intelligence agencies, the Pentagon, and policy makers in the Executive Office of the White House. These elements have proven themselves capable of perpetrating terrible crimes against dissidents at home and abroad. National security state agencies like the CIA, in the service of dominant economic interests, have enlisted the efforts of mobsters, drug traffickers, assassins and torturers, systematically targeting peasant leaders, intellectuals, journalists, student leaders, clergy, labor union leaders, workers, and community activists in numerous countries. Hundreds of thousands of people have been murdered to prevent social change, to destroy any government or social movement that manifests an unwillingness to reduce its people to economic fodder for the giant corporations that rule the world's economy.
He then goes on to make the case for JFK being killed by the CIA, and chastises socialists for not taking the idea seriously enough. (And also speculates [Walter Reuther](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Reuthe
... keep reading on reddit ➡It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
