How to write a character arc in which the character actually becomes a better person, no matter how dystopic the environment you’ve put them in is.
LB Sees ‘The Wire’ and ‘Halt and Catch Fire’
by Larry Brody
Until last night, the best TV show I’d ever hated was THE WIRE.
Don’t get me wrong, the series, which originally ran June 2, 2002 to March 9, 2008 and now is streaming on Hulu, is a creative wonder. Gritty scripts, acting that makes the Italian neo-realist actors look like amateurs,wonderful music…oh hell, wonderful everything.
But it’s all too wonderful for me. Too realistic. Too gritty. After seeing the first three episodes I found myself unable to shake the feeling of living in THE WIRE’s universe.
Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments – 5/25/2021
Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front. This time around: AT&T Spins Off WarnerMedia, Cheaper HBO Max, and More!
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Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #150 “The Young Lakota Fireman Sees a Ghost”
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.
Top Views & Trending Posts on TVWriter™ in Week Ending 5/23/21
Good morning! Welcome to another new week at TVWriter™. Today we begin with a look at our most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last 7 days.
They are, in order: