Another happening event at the Writers Guild of America, West. This one’s for members only, but if you’re not a member and are interested in learning more about the international TV series market it’ll be worth your while to text your closest WGAW bud and wangle an invite:
Not just for Writers Guild of America, West members (unless the listing says so, of course).
And, in case anybody’s interested, hanging with Guild members is a damn good way to, you know, network.
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Information Overload? Embrace “Intentional Ignorance”
by Steven MacKenzie
The availability of information in the digital age is overwhelming. For every mesmerizing Instagram profile you browse, there are hundreds of millions more. For every page of search results you scroll down, there are thousands upon thousands beyond that one. For every article you read or RSS feed you subscribe to on a research topic, you could spend the rest of your career consuming more where those came from, and never reach the end.
Ah, to be a member of the Rayburn clan. They are rich and influential in their community. The family owns a popular bed and breakfast Inn in the sunniest, most romantic part of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, aka the Florida Keys. At one point, they were going to name a local landmark after the family. Yet like many families, the bright surface image rarely reflects the murky problems laying beneath the calm surface.
This spring saw the release of the second season of Netflix’s popular series Bloodline. It is the Family Noir drama created by Todd and Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman. They were the producers of the wonderful series Damages. Season One dealt with the arrival and dramatic departure of one of the most troubled member of the Rayburn clan.
The sudden arrival of Danny, the older brother and “black sheep” of the family, during the celebration of fifty years of the Inn signaled trouble in Paradise. His troubled past and engagement in low level drug dealing was a blight on the family’s reputation. He had become an outcast because he had caused the tragic drowning death of one of the younger siblings. Danny played with working class gusto by Ben Mendelson was sympathetic despite his criminal past.