Dallas 07.18.2008

Going Straight To Del

Our Q&A with the creative mind behind “Sordid Lives”

Texas is full of crazy characters, but perhaps none more so than those living in the mind of writer/director Del Shores. From Southern Baptist Sissies to Sordid Lives, the world according to Shores is one filled with as much humor as chemical dependency. And somewhere along the way, he manages to tug at our heartstrings, too. As the highly anticipated TV version of Sordid Lives rapidly approaches, Del took some time out from his hectic schedule to talk a blue streak over a tall glass of sweet iced tea and a big ol’ Moon Pie (or at least that’s the picture we’re painting in our heads).

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