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After seeing Godzilla: King of the Monsters and talking to a friend who's obsessed with the franchise, I decided to watch all 35(!) Godzilla films this summer. I've always been a casual fan of the series, plus I'm a firm believer in embracing the spirit of relaxation during the off-season. But what started out as an exercise in leisure quickly became a journey of inspiration. Sure, a good deal of the movies venture into camp territory, particularly in the 1970s. But there's a general air of respecting (fearing?) Godzilla as a true force of nature that exists beyond the control of humans, especially when they (we?) try to control him. This theme pops up in my own work a lot, and I found the Godzilla films to be just the dramaturgical food I needed to work on two brand-new scripts. There's The Amphibians, which examines two high-schoolers' anxiety about climate change as filtered through a giant creature they find in the woods. Then there's Kaiju, which features two Godzilla-esque beings as the central characters. I'll hopefully have more updates on both plays sooner rather than later. But for now, I just wanted to put forth a quick moment of praise for the mightiest monster in film history. All hail Godzilla: King of the Dramaturgs! 
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