Good morning! Welcome to another week of TV (and other) writing and production tips at TVWriter™. Here’s a look at the most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last 7 days.
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Category: News
BLACK LIVES MATTER
From the Writers Guild of America, West
Dear Members,
Sometimes we are confronted with a crisis so acute and so devastating that it takes a few beats, as an institution, to decide exactly how to respond. By this, we don’t mean how do we react. That’s automatic: we get out into the street, even in the face of a pandemic, even in the face of police brutality, to stand with our union brothers and sisters. That’s a reaction and a righteous one.
But a response—a real response that can activate the change a reaction initiates—that is something else. All of our members are asking what they as individuals, and we as a union, can do to promote real and lasting change. Here is a start at a reply.
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What does a theater company do when it can’t make theater? Make a film.
If there ever was a time that demanded that we put our actions where our mouths were and do what we do best, this is it. Here’s a fine example of truly positive thinking.
by Peter Marks
The idea struck Molly Smith, Arena Stage’s artistic director, on a morning of the pandemic when she was reading the newspaper and reflecting on what a theater company might make when it can’t make theater:
Herbie J Pilato on 1971’s ‘The Jimmy Stewart Show’
Gather ’round, friends and neighbors. Herbie J has a new story to tell ya. It’s all about a very big H’wood star that all too few of us remember, and how things turned out for him when he left movies – where he was HUGE – and dipped his toe in that crazy little biz could TV.
by Herbie J Pilato
Writer/producer Herbie J Pilato is the host of the TV talk show THEN AGAIN WITH HERBIE J PILATO, now streaming on Amazon Prime and the author of several pop-culture/media tie-in books. He has been part of TVWriter™ for over 20 years and is Contributing Editor Emeritus. Learn more about Herbie J HERE