Nice Little Crisis - Behind The Screenplay

The “Nice Little Crisis” movie revolves around Leon and Kayley Rayney and his decision to unveil an extremely personal secret on Dermot Lilley’s daytime television show.

Nice Little Crisis writing playlist:

Melanie – Any Guy
Sophie Hutchings – Still / Sound – piano reworks
Colter Wall – Sleeping on the Blacktop
Sarah Jarosz – Tell Me True – Live
Murs – Moon Juice Cashews
Justice – Planisphere Part. I
Anne Müller – For Leah
tstewart – isle of the blest
Blockhead – Old Man Yells at Clouds
Weval – Changed for the Better
Floating Points – Movement 1
Liturgy – EXACO I
Kan Wakan – Unlucky
The Still Brothers – Wake Up
Pino Palladino – Djurkel
Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider
Roberta Flack – Be Real Black for Me
Clark – Citrus
Nikita Quasim – Framboises
Cat Burns – anxiety
Oiseaux-Tempête – Canyons
Dark Sky – Found & Lost
Erik Truffaz – Origin of the World
Ishmael Ensemble – Feather

Story Inspiration

I had a friend who appeared on the Jerry Springer show a couple of times in the early 2000s. While there may have been many participants with real experiences and strange tales, my friend’s story wasn’t one of them. Essentially, my friend, an actor, was just acting.

However, Jerry Springer’s competitors, such as Maury Povich, Jeremy Kyle, Rikki Lake, Sally Jesse Raphael, etc., all have their own selection of people who wish and want to air their dirty laundry for all to see. This made me imagine the reactions of those involved when their sordid secrets are revealed for televisual entertainment. That’s how “Nice Little Crisis” made its way into my head and onto paper.