The previous post discussed the new money-maker, Duanju, the Chinese term for the micro-dramas they created that are sweeping cell phones and reaping big financial rewards, and I submitted two draft episodes. Now I read in the Los Angeles Times (4/31/26) that the vertical/micro/cell phone genre has arrived in the U.S. and is raking in big bucks on Tik/Tok and other sites. What am I waiting for? While China procrastinates, America, here I come!
Suggested first episodes for two US produced vertical dramas:
Trump the Great
Episode 1
Open in Oval Office. President leans back in his chair, smirking as he reads a newspaper. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth paces anxiously behind the president, trying to attract his attention.
Hegseth: Sir, your ratings are sinking to new lows, even beneath last week’s 38%! Don’t we need to do something?
President (continuing to smirk, still looking at his paper): Like what? Pete, you’re ruining my morning.
Hegseth: With all due respect sir, how long can a president go on like this, in terms of screwing our allies…in terms of screwing yours and… well, my future careers?
President: Pete, you worry wart! You know, don’t you, that catastrophic turmoil is about to engulf the US and most of the world?
