Gilmore Girls creator promises Netflix reboot to feature 400% more words per second

STARS HOLLOW, CT—It's time to visit with Rory, Lorelei, and all the other snappy-talking denizens of Stars Hollow once again, and it should be a cozy return.

However, series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino says that one place she would not rest on her laurels is in the famously frenetic pace of the show's dizzying dialogue, which she said will be increased by 400% more words per second upon the series' return.

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It's an ambitious goal, especially because the crew has vowed not to settle for what she calls the "cheap parlour trick" of simply speeding up the tape.

"Trust me, we considered that," says Sherman-Palladino. "It would have been easier for me, it would have been easier for the actors, it would have been easier for everyone, except the editor. But would it have been true to the spirit of the show? No. In the original run the actors did it on their own. And that's what I wanted to see here, even if it runs them ragged."

One technique the creators say they will use to achieve this speed without the actors having to constantly speak at an incredible pace is using as many one-syllable words as possible, as can be seen in this excerpt from the script of the first episode.

At press time, we had received a screener copy of the first episode, which was impossible to understand, and were playing it at ¼ speed in order to review it.

We promise our web series Coming In is understandable at regular speed:

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