This entire season of This is Us has had a theme running throughout – obligations to loved ones vs. personal desires. Last night the show faced the issue head on.
We all compromise with the people closest to us, but what happens when you sacrifice too much?
Just another primetime soap with the usual dark shit – murder, arson, we-all-know-the-drill – added?
Or is this new pilot, written by Chris Hutton and Eddie O’Keefe and directed by film buffs’ delight Brett Morgen really worth the response more than one TVWriter™ minion gave it:
This one’s coming to Hulu as an original, and odds are that we’ll all have a chance to see what’s up.
Time for TVWriter™’s Monday look at our 5 most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are, in order:
We’ve been in an indie video kind of place this week at TVWriter™, exploring its potential, both creatively and business wise. The following indie video, by Wendy Eduarte, is less than 2 minutes long, but it has had a huge effect on those here who’ve seen it.
FWIW, we’ve never been certain of what “art” really is…but all of us think this could be it:
https://vimeo.com/203956723
At last! A web comedy series set in an arena that has nothing to do with showbiz. We don’t know about you, but TVWriter™ definitely has been waiting for something like this.
Especially a something that’s, you know, funny as hell. Take the first episode, for example:
THE CALL ROOM
Created by Adam Carr
Written by Adam Carr & Craig Tovey
Directed by Craig Tovey
Produced by Nic Shafer