Alyssa is so learned. What she said was fascinating, and it sounded like years of serious scholarship of the Shakespeare Wars. I'm definitely going to rewatch it now.
No doubt. When she said they should do a genderswapped King Lear about Trump I laughed really hard and was like yeah, this is a really awesome and creative mind.
Just listened to this week’ pod including the Joss Whedon commentary. As a fan of Buffy, Angel & most particularly Firefly I take the position that as much of a pig as Joss Whedon may be, a bully, dickhead and borderline predator, for me it doesn’t take away from the brilliance of those shows. He’s an incredible screenwriter, his dialogue was a particular favourite of mine, his facility with language, even the Shakespearian cowboy twists & turns of Firefly is unsurpassed in modern television, he made you work for it, follow it closely or miss the joke. And he didn’t make those series alone, the performances of the various casts & crews were at least if not more responsible for the success of those shows. Why would I take away from their fine work & disparage that work just because of the very flawed human who headed them up. Can’t do it. Michael Jackson was a very broken human but he was a musical phenomenon, go figure.
If only it were so easy. He’s not a talentless hack, he did the writing, he drew the worlds, he got the performances. Any of cast could have walked away at any time, they didn’t cos they knew they were doing great work. He deserves punishment for any crime he committed but you can’t deny his work was ground breaking for TV at that time. Who ever his Daddy may have been wouldn’t have gotten past his first failure, it may have opened the door but it didn’t make him a phenomenon, which was is what he became before the fall. Just acknowledge that flawed people can be a talent and a shit at that the same time. Life ain’t perfect.
i crewed for him and yeah big pain in the arse but brilliant even when the producers had to lock him in a hotel room to finish an episode. he was flawed as Steve Jobs was flawed. you worked on his shows because they were groundbreaking, even Firefly's movie
Alyssa is so learned. What she said was fascinating, and it sounded like years of serious scholarship of the Shakespeare Wars. I'm definitely going to rewatch it now.
For real; she casually dropped "elan" to describe a fight scene. Reminds me of the Guns of August.
No doubt. When she said they should do a genderswapped King Lear about Trump I laughed really hard and was like yeah, this is a really awesome and creative mind.
Just listened to this week’ pod including the Joss Whedon commentary. As a fan of Buffy, Angel & most particularly Firefly I take the position that as much of a pig as Joss Whedon may be, a bully, dickhead and borderline predator, for me it doesn’t take away from the brilliance of those shows. He’s an incredible screenwriter, his dialogue was a particular favourite of mine, his facility with language, even the Shakespearian cowboy twists & turns of Firefly is unsurpassed in modern television, he made you work for it, follow it closely or miss the joke. And he didn’t make those series alone, the performances of the various casts & crews were at least if not more responsible for the success of those shows. Why would I take away from their fine work & disparage that work just because of the very flawed human who headed them up. Can’t do it. Michael Jackson was a very broken human but he was a musical phenomenon, go figure.
this is, imo, the healthiest response to finding out an artist is a bad person
If only it were so easy. He’s not a talentless hack, he did the writing, he drew the worlds, he got the performances. Any of cast could have walked away at any time, they didn’t cos they knew they were doing great work. He deserves punishment for any crime he committed but you can’t deny his work was ground breaking for TV at that time. Who ever his Daddy may have been wouldn’t have gotten past his first failure, it may have opened the door but it didn’t make him a phenomenon, which was is what he became before the fall. Just acknowledge that flawed people can be a talent and a shit at that the same time. Life ain’t perfect.
i crewed for him and yeah big pain in the arse but brilliant even when the producers had to lock him in a hotel room to finish an episode. he was flawed as Steve Jobs was flawed. you worked on his shows because they were groundbreaking, even Firefly's movie
The audience gets to decide whats dog kibble & what isn’t. They made they’re decision. Where is the steak?