Well both Joss and Marti have said that Marti was the showrunner, the one responsible for the course of the show during S6. Fury might have been a co-producer, but he wasn't showrunner. Maybe Noxon was just the fallwoman for Whedon and Fury, but she did take the responsibility for that season...
Poor Marti. The reason she gets so much flack is well she puts her foot in her mouth during interviews. But if you ignore the interviews during the season, which were mostly fluff anyway, and pay attention to what aired, who wrote what, and the commentary after-wards, including insider takes on who was responsible for what over the past S7 years? Marti looks pretty amazing.
Season 2 - Marti wrote the majority of the episodes, they had a short staff.
Season 3, she co-wrote and produced several episodes, as well as wrote quite a few
Season 4, co-executive producer Season 5, co-executive producer Season 6, co-executive producer Season 7, co-executive producer
(The only season Marti wasn't involved in was Season 1, which was mostly male writer nd admittedly the weakest of the series).
David Fury wrote and directed Gone. Joss Whedon and Fury came up with the story which Marti went on record as being squicked by. (She didn't like that episode any more than you did.)
She did have a part in Dead Things, but then I happen to think Dead Things is a fascinating episode that is all about how we deal with power and the negative impact of that. Not a black and white one by far and one of my favorites.
(But hey, I love S6, it's one of my favorite seasons. My least favorite are Season 7 and 1. 5 and 6 are my favorites.)
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Date: 2004-09-07 03:55 pm (UTC)Poor Marti. The reason she gets so much flack is well she puts her foot in her mouth during interviews. But if you ignore the interviews during the season, which were mostly fluff anyway, and pay attention to what aired, who wrote what, and the commentary after-wards, including insider takes on who was responsible for what over the past S7 years? Marti looks pretty amazing.
Season 2 - Marti wrote the majority of the episodes, they had a short staff.
Season 3, she co-wrote and produced several episodes, as well as wrote quite a few
Season 4, co-executive producer
Season 5, co-executive producer
Season 6, co-executive producer
Season 7, co-executive producer
(The only season Marti wasn't involved in was Season 1, which was mostly male writer nd admittedly the weakest of the series).
David Fury wrote and directed Gone. Joss Whedon and Fury came up with the story which Marti went on record as being squicked by. (She didn't like that episode any more than you did.)
She did have a part in Dead Things, but then I happen to think Dead Things is a fascinating episode that is all about how we deal with power and the negative impact of that. Not a black and white one by far and one of my favorites.
(But hey, I love S6, it's one of my favorite seasons. My least favorite are Season 7 and 1. 5 and 6 are my favorites.)