Category: Productivity
LB: Big Thanks to Master Class Members…
by Larry Brody
…For making last night’s class meeting pure gold. Awesome work all around from Allie Theiss, Barbara Gaillard, and Juli Branson.
God, I love it when I get the chance to read and discuss such good writing.
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LB: My Fave TV News Article of the Week
by Larry Brody
Well, my favorite TV news paragraph anyway. Sharp-eyed visitors may be able to figure out why.
Finch
Powell and Jacqueline Levine produced it. The managing directors are Kevin Misher (“Coming 2 America,” “Fight with My Family”), Jakqueline Rapke (“Cast Away,” “Flight”), Robert Zemeckis, Luck, Sapochnik, Andy Berman, Adam Merims, and Jeb Brody, all of whom have won Academy Awards. The “Finch” film from Apple Original Films is a collaboration between Amblin Entertainment and Reliance Entertainment, as well as the media. Misher Film and Imagemovers collaborated on “Finch.”
If this reads a bit weirdly to you, relax, it’s not your fault. The article, about an upcoming film starring some guy named Tom Hanks as some other guy named Finch, is from insideradvantagegeorgia.com, a site located in India.
LB: TV’s White Guy Crisis
by Larry Brody
Speaking of the 2021 Cultural Revolution (as we were on this very site just yesterday), a TVWriter™ frequent visitor has sent me a link to another insightful analysis of the problem.
Kathryn VanArendonk’s article comes at the inclusion situation from a new angle, starting with the masterful heading:
TV’s White Guys Are in Crisis
And taking it from there with:
PJ McIlvaine: Some Things Never Change
by PJ McIlvaine
(NOTE FROM LB: It’s been far too long since PJ McIlvaine, who just as the pic above tells us, is indeed a “Dragon of Magical Things” (and a most powerful one at that) graced this website and we are sooo glad to have her back, even for just this tasty little teaser.)
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