Which headline below do you suppose more captures the essence of the late Alvin Sargent, who died last week?
Yes, we think it’s worth thinking about even if you have no idea who he was and are wondering why the hell TVWriter™ isn’t telling you:
And now, here’s who Mr. Sargent was, from another source, Robert D. McFadden in the NY Times:
Boy, talk about a tough audience:
The showrunners said they didn’t need full, 10-episode installments for seasons 7 and 8, but the breakneck pace ‘Thrones’ has taken is a clear departure from years past and comes with disheartening side effects
Some of you will find this video by Richard Botto of Stage32 helpful. Others may simply find it terrifying. As LB likes to say, “Knowledge is power, even if you wish you didn’t know it.”
Or to put it another way, “Que sera, sera.”
THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.
In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.
Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B.
by Larry Brody
No big news in the War For The Soul of Hollywood (as some people in the know seem to be regarding it), but the Writers Guild of America has taken an interesting tack in trying to explain the basis for the dispute by reprinting and posting the article shown in the image above.