Hmmm, interesting. The copy of this script I have, also marked "For Your Consideration 2010" and with the Weinstein copyright, are considerably different in that first scene. Much less narrative going into his inner feelings and more of a feeling that things are spiraling out of control, a storm is brewing. Instead of it saying it's a shock discovering he stutters, there are a series of CUs on all the cold electronic instruments around him, followed by he can't speak and the first SPLAT of the impending storm. One does build sympathy for the character, the other seems to bring us into his world of panic and inadequacy. Both work in helping us identify with the protagonist but in two very different ways. I think I'd go for the second in my own writing, establish visuals that bring the audience into the movie and give them a shared feeling with the protagonist. More people can connect with a loss of control and being pushed into circumstances they don't know how to handle than the specifics of stuttering. I think I'd go for a disrupting audience experience rather than an emotion that teeters on the verge of pity. I wonder why such a big difference in the two scripts, both obviously submitted for an award consideration.