Well, yeah. But that's also how screenplays work. "Interpreting tone, accents, stress level, pacing, volume, and a variety of other things from a transcript" i

Well, yeah. But that's also how screenplays work. "Interpreting tone, accents, stress level, pacing, volume, and a variety of other things from a transcript" is a pretty good description of a director's job. This project just uses the verbatim transcript as a screenplay, and runs with it. They are very honest about the fact that they are aiming for something between faithful re-creation and entertainment.