Yes, sitcoms have stories. At least, they’re supposed to.
This is the second part of Ken Levine’s class in Comedy 101. You probably should read the first part before venturing further.
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HENCH Comic Book Coming to NBC
So the good news, according to Deadline.Com and various other sources, is that HENCH, the comic by Adam Beechen and Manny Bello about a dood who works as a henchman for various supervillains is being developed for TV.
The not so good news, however, is that it’s being developed for NBC by the same people who completely screwed up the U.S. version of PRIME SUSPECT last season.
DOCTOR WHO Returns September 1
Only 17 more days till what may not be the most important thing to be happening in the multiverse but definitely is The Big Kahuna of Events in TVWriter™’s corner of our trans-dimensional reality:
DOCTOR WHO, Series 7 (Season 7 in the U.S.), Episode 1, ASYLUM OF THE DALEKS, will be on BBC America at 9 pm Eastern/Pacific time.
Kathy sees THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Full disclosure—I’m not a fan of Spider-man. Not because I’m arachnophobic. I don’t mind spiders at all. Spider-man simply wasn’t one of my go-to superheroes. You know how you don’t like something just because? That would be me and Spider-man.
Now I’m a little more partial to the crawly dude since I saw THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Overall I found the movie enjoyable. The cast was good, the CGI wasn’t overwhelming or obvious, and as with all Marvel movies of late, the sequel set-up was there and not too ham-fisted. I might even watch this movie again, which I can’t say about too many other films.
And yet, there are a few nits to pick. The main one is the issue of backstory, aka the writer’s bane. How much previous information is too much? How to decide what is germane to the story you’re trying to tell? If you leave anything out, will the audience be confused? If you add more than you need, will the audience be bored?
munchman Sees MAD MEN
Yahoo!
I love this show!
It’s all about futility. Meaninglessness. Failure.