Tag: Larry Brody

munchman: Are You a Female VoiceOver Actress? Tough Shit, Baby

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My girlfriend, who shall go unnamed here cuz she thinks I’m an embarrassment, is a voiceover actress. Not for cartoons cuz those go to, like, major and occasionally minor stars, but for commercials. Her biggest role so far was as a talking cheeseburger. Or maybe she was a french fry. Taco shell? Some kind of fast food thing anyway.

Being a woman and trying to make it in voiceover is like being a Jew trying to get a gig as a death camp commandant. It’s like impossible – cuz showbiz as an industry is more sexist than the vilest Republican House of Representatives member. Hollywood just plain doesn’t want to hear women’s voices, no matter how stentorian, saying, “In a world where…” or “…Stars tomorrow. Be there.” And Hollywood thinks that the audience shares that sexist prejudice. read article

Extra! Writers of THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Win Daytime Drama Writing Emmy

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Days of Our Lives Won the Best Daytime Drama Emmy Just in Case You Want to Know

Whoa! They gave out the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards yesterday in beautiful downtown Beverly Hills and the writing winners were:

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES WRITING TEAM
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Bradley P. Bell, Head Writer
Kay Alden, Michael Minnis, Co-Head Writers
Patrick Mulcahey, Tracey Ann Kelly, Rex M. Best,
John F. Smith, Adam Dusevoir, Shannon Bradley,
Michele Val Jean, Writers

Way to go, gang! TVWriter™ congratulates you all. But we have to admit a slight bit of favoritism: We’re really excited about Michele Val Jean getting this because we know her. (Ah, Facebook, you help us make such fascinating friends!) read article

LB: The TV Shows I Actually Watch

Glad You Asked Department 6/17/13

question_ditkoToday’s question comes from Lydia, who wants to know:

When you’re sitting back and chilling, what TV shows do you watch? Are you a fan of shows that are critical darlings, or do you secretly love the kind of genre stuff that most people won’t admit to getting into? For that matter, are you secretly a reality show fan? You can trust me with your secrets. I won’t be judgmental. Or not too much anyway.

I get asked questions like Lydia’s quite a bit – mostly when hanging out at my favorite coffee house (hey, it’s the Seattle area – everyone here’s got a favorite coffee house), so even though I know every reader is going to have a judgment about this (because every reader is, after all, human) here’s my reply: read article

Why You Feel Guilty Leaving Books or Games (or TV Watching) Unfinished

Dunno about you, but many of us over at TVWriter™ have this problem. Once we start reading something, or playing a game, or even watching a TV show, we feel obligated to finish…no matter how little enjoyment we’re getting from our so-called entertainment. For years we wondered about our state of mind, our very sanity. Now, at last, it turns out that this is a common phenomenon.

In other words, no need to feel crazy…but the way we’re wired says that, yes, feeling guilty is kind of a must:

k-bigpicby Thorin Klosowski

Ever find yourself feeling guilty because you put a book down halfway through? You’re still on the third level of that game you bought a year ago? Or maybe you left a movie in the middle of it? The guilt’s a strange feeling, and it’s not as much about the lost money as you’d expect. Here’s what’s going on when you’re feeling that odd guilt. read article

A Short History of Television Technology

Because if we, as TV writers, don’t understand where the medium started and where it’s been as well as where it is, how’ll we ever be able to contribute to where it will be?

(Huh?)

Oh well: read article