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Chuck Jones – The Evolution of an Artist
For animators – and animation lovers – everywhere.
An insightful look into the weltanschaung of the man who may well have been the best action and comedy director of all time – in any genre and medium:
The ‘Golden Age for Women in TV’ Is Actually a Rerun
Did you know that we’re in the middle of a Golden Age for Women in TV? Nopers, we didn’t either. In fact, considering all the stats about how women in TV are underemployed and underpaid, such a term never entered our minds.
Nevertheless, the New York Times thinks differently. Why else would one of the major thinkers there write this “sort-of-a-refutation?”
What in the world would we do without straw men to fight?
How corporate America killed my writing
by Jim Sollisch
A good editor makes a good writer’s writing very good. A bad editor gives your writing a haircut with a chain saw.
And as a copywriter at an ad agency, I work pretty much exclusively with really bad editors. It’s not fair to call them editors; they are my clients, often marketing managers or communication specialists. Many have MBAs and are brilliant at so many things. Writing not included. They’ve had the English knocked out of them. Now, they speak Power Point. Worst case scenario, my work is edited or critiqued by the legal department or by committees.
It’s the same for so many professional writers. Public relations writers have their annual report copy “edited” by corporate executives or their minions. Technical writers have their work “edited” by engineers. And if you buy a corporate speechwriter a drink, be prepared to hear about the horrors of writing for the tone deaf.
Wonder What It’s Like to Make the Transition from Not-a-Pro to, um, Almost-a-Pro
This teaser for the upcoming Hulu original series, ROCKETJUMP actually teased us. So:
Get an inside look at our next show with Lionsgate and Hulu!
The full show will be up on Hulu, but you’ll be able to see the shorts later this year right here!