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Goodbye Paul Reubens
watched the first episode of the comedy jury duty knowing nothing about it other than it was up for some emmys and it popped up on my amazon prime. dont even know if ill follow through but at least i can say that the premise is interesting though the one unique aspect ups the cringe factor from what otherwise would already be cringy coming from some form writers from the office.
anyway, article will spoil the twist but the show spoils it in the opening segment so....
was an intersting path from airing first on amazons ad supported freevee network to award-worthy notoriety if nothing else.
Watching RDjr car show where he converts his fleet of muscle cars and big trucks to a more green mode. MAX
Did a musical double feature the other night. Donna Summer on HBO and Little Richard on PBS. Both had mid/late career religious remorse.
torn paper flag graphics for impeachment and arraignment
wait for it...
going back to Avenue 5. I had no patience for anything other than the original Startreck but this is pretty funny.
You know, one of the smartest things anyone ever said to me in this business came from Michael Mann, a brilliant writer, a brilliant director. I was hired to do a rewrite on what was already a really good script. It was the early days, and I’m saying to him, “O.K., so what’s the message? Thematically, what are we doing?” All that film-school bullshit. But I honestly wanted to know. I wanted to pick his brain and ask him, “What are we trying to say here?”
He listened very patiently. I forget exactly the words he used—I wish I could quote him verbatim. But essentially what he said was “It’s your job to write an entertaining story. It’s your job to come up with a script that inspires the actors and director. And then, hopefully, this work will be viewed by moviegoers, and they’ll say, ‘Oh, wow, that was interesting. I didn’t see where that was going. I like the twists and turns. I like the characters.’ ” He said, “That’s the job, period. The froufrou thematic stuff is for other people to figure out. The college professors. All you have to do is tell an engaging story.” And he was right.
just noticed season 3 of the great snuck in below my radar.
promising?