And she wouldn’t kid us, would she?
Category: News
Joss Whedon Inspires the Hell Out of Us
…With his Wesleyan University Commencement Address, which he delivered only yesterday. Posted on the Wesleyan University blog by Lauren Rubenstein, who evidently sat there and listened so we wouldn’t have to.
But, man, we would have liked to:
Whedon ’87 Delivers 181st Commencement Address
by Lauren Rubenstein
Joss Whedon ’87 delivered the Wesleyan Commencement Address on May 26:
munchman: Writer News That Made Me Say, “Uh-oh”
The munchman admits it. Whenever I hear about people who seem, erm, less qualified than they might be but who get good writing gigs – especially gigs I wish I had – my stomach gets all funky and I hit my head against the nearest wall. And wonder…well, I wonder “Why?” mainly, but in more graphic terms.
Mostly this happens when the writers in question are known primarily for success in other arenas. especially when, all things considered, that success is pretty mild. Yeah, I know we’ll get some angry comments/e-mails about that statement so let me respond in advance: “Screw you too.”
Time now for a couple of cases in point:
License Fees & Mega-Deals are the Best Revenge
This isn’t about writing per se, but it is about intellectual property and its use and/or misuse. Or, as some people put it, “All hail Kim Dotcom, King of the World!”
Us? Yeah, well, we’re still on the fence.
The WGAW Honors Its Own
Um, cuz nobody else will?
But we can’t really say that, can we? Not with TV Guide Magazine helping to throw the party:
