Speaking, as we did here on TVWriter™ yesterday, of the Writers Guild of America West’s latest report on the writing staff situation, you can find the big picture on television industry bigots, including WGA-covered shows and their not-so-delightful propensity for bias in the WGAW 2013 TV Staffing Brief here.
And here are two interesting – as in disgusting – details, posted by ThinkProgress.Com:
Television Shows That Hired No Women Writers During The 2011-2012 Season
Since Roger Ebert’s unfortunate death last week the interwebs have been flooded with obits/remembrances/tributes. I know it’s not a competition, but the fact is that nothing captured the flavor of the man and moved me as much as this one, on ComicMix.Com:
The multitude of Roger Ebert obituaries were wrong. I knew a different guy.
The Roger Ebert I knew was this kid fresh out of college who, after about a year at the Chicago Sun-Times, was pressed into service helping high school newspaper editors improve their craft. I was sports editor at the Niles High West Word, and the guy painstakingly yet affably showed me a slew of techniques that immediately improved my work, stuff that I use to this day, stuff that, as an editor, I share with others.
The Good:
The Bad:
…And he should be writing a lot more on it too.
Gerry is one of the Kings of TV and film and comic book writing and also one of my longest-lasting and closest friends. We met almost 50 years ago at Harlan Ellison’s house, when we were both, um, kids. I went on to do what I’ve done, and Gerry did his thing at least as well. We’ve always stayed close. This post in his blog last week shows a few of the reasons why:
I’m one very lucky son of a bitch.
This short film from Dina Velikovskaya and the Russian State University of Cinematography really got to me.
Mainly I realized that it’s probably how my grandkids see me.