Author Stayci Taylor

Stayci Taylor

Stayci is a PhD candidate at RMIT University, exploring gender, comedy and script development through creative practice. She brings to this research her screenwriting background, with credits including a primetime sitcom in her native New Zealand. Stayci’s publications include New Writing and TEXT. She has also taught screenwriting at La Trobe and RMIT Universities.

In Her Shoes: Flipped-realities and Female Perspectives in Comedy Screenwriting

September 2016

New Directions in Screen Studies

This article examines flipped-reality screenwriting, particularly in comedy form, and its ability to destabilise the ‘norms’ and ‘universals’ of mainstream film. Flipped-reality is one particular...