Much the same could be said about "All Rise" -- 20 pounds of plot in a 10- pound bag. After two episodes, the person we know the least about is the lead. Program guide blurb for next week is discouraging. On to better things.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 4:54 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:29 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 6:53 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think the quirks are just a way to keep the characters from being too >> generic. >> >> The way to make a character non-generic is to write a character. Writing >> pointless affectations is just sloppy, and it ends up making the characters >> one-dimensional at best. >> > > I think that's a criticism of the current TV model more than just > Stumptown. There's just no time to introduce characters in a way that makes > them stick in a network pilot. I still intend writing a critique of > Sunnyside and my main problem with it was, that with just 20 minutes to > tell the story in the pilot, everything was rushed and nothing stuck. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHtYUfpX31Z1ZB6xMQjDtooMLZ44%2B5mODe_RxObfJpAbg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHtYUfpX31Z1ZB6xMQjDtooMLZ44%2B5mODe_RxObfJpAbg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4eK31QSzGtYpq0hj9NF6T26svgPDZfpezMqhuARFN_YVA%40mail.gmail.com.
