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Television...and book recs
Jun. 24th, 2023 09:59 pm1. Still listening to Burn it Down - good news? Apparently Nancy Drew, Tom Swift and Lucifer had good show-runners who ran non-toxic and collaborative work environments. That allowed a free exchange of ideas, and no egos run amok. Same with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which had daycare. So they do exist.
And Mathew Weiner was kept from doing another series by Marti Noxon and her colleague who filed suit regarding his toxic behavior on Mad Men, and outed him. Also UnReal was listed as a safe and non-toxic work environment.
Ryan details work environments led by good show-runners, who do listen to their writers, and mentor them. Also she states that one of the writers from Lost who went on to run other shows, and learned from Lost's mistakes, has provided a list of things a show-runner should do aka The Eleven Rules of Show-running by Javier Grillo-Marxuach (His first show-running experience was The Middleman).
Javier (one of the writers on Lost who was interviewed by Ryan) provides his final statement on the matter HERE.
Here's a link to the information on Bill Murray and others in Ryan's book - Hollywood's List of Excuses is Endless - Enabling Behavior from Bill Murray to Jeff Garlin by Maureen Ryan
And this is the essay Ryan wrote about Cordelia and Charisma Carpenter in Substack - An Angel in Hell
( excerpt )
Lost not an isolated incident - list of shows with hostile workplace allegations also includes cancellation notice of Paramount's Rise of the Pink Ladies
Interesting - Ryan talks around Whedon, and refuses to mention him by name so far in the book or give him any attention. She knew him, and had interviewed him in the past, and was a fan of his series - and enraged by his behavior. So that may well be the reason. I may be wrong about this - I've not finished the book yet.
2. The Diplomat - on Netflix is excellent. It's hilarious. Mother is ripping through it right now. I don't want to spoil folks on it. It's about a career diplomat who is sent to Britain, with her husband, when she'd prefer to be sent to Kabul. Well cast, well written. Has a female show-runner. And possibly one of the more smartly written shows that I've seen.
3. Somebody Somewhere - on Max - is excellent, and a bit of a comfort show. Hyper-realistic. With real people. No pretty people. Takes place in Manhattan, Kansas. The folks are kind to each other for the most part, and it focuses on a forty-six year old woman who is struggling to get over the recent death of her sister. Her friendships, family relationships, etc. It's funny and bittersweet. And the ending of the first episode is beautiful and moved me to tears.
4. Secret Invasion on Disney + - is basically Marvel's sci-fi spy story without superheroes. Focuses on Nick Fury who is kind of on his own here. ( spoiler )
And Mathew Weiner was kept from doing another series by Marti Noxon and her colleague who filed suit regarding his toxic behavior on Mad Men, and outed him. Also UnReal was listed as a safe and non-toxic work environment.
Ryan details work environments led by good show-runners, who do listen to their writers, and mentor them. Also she states that one of the writers from Lost who went on to run other shows, and learned from Lost's mistakes, has provided a list of things a show-runner should do aka The Eleven Rules of Show-running by Javier Grillo-Marxuach (His first show-running experience was The Middleman).
Javier (one of the writers on Lost who was interviewed by Ryan) provides his final statement on the matter HERE.
Here's a link to the information on Bill Murray and others in Ryan's book - Hollywood's List of Excuses is Endless - Enabling Behavior from Bill Murray to Jeff Garlin by Maureen Ryan
And this is the essay Ryan wrote about Cordelia and Charisma Carpenter in Substack - An Angel in Hell
( excerpt )
Lost not an isolated incident - list of shows with hostile workplace allegations also includes cancellation notice of Paramount's Rise of the Pink Ladies
Interesting - Ryan talks around Whedon, and refuses to mention him by name so far in the book or give him any attention. She knew him, and had interviewed him in the past, and was a fan of his series - and enraged by his behavior. So that may well be the reason. I may be wrong about this - I've not finished the book yet.
2. The Diplomat - on Netflix is excellent. It's hilarious. Mother is ripping through it right now. I don't want to spoil folks on it. It's about a career diplomat who is sent to Britain, with her husband, when she'd prefer to be sent to Kabul. Well cast, well written. Has a female show-runner. And possibly one of the more smartly written shows that I've seen.
3. Somebody Somewhere - on Max - is excellent, and a bit of a comfort show. Hyper-realistic. With real people. No pretty people. Takes place in Manhattan, Kansas. The folks are kind to each other for the most part, and it focuses on a forty-six year old woman who is struggling to get over the recent death of her sister. Her friendships, family relationships, etc. It's funny and bittersweet. And the ending of the first episode is beautiful and moved me to tears.
4. Secret Invasion on Disney + - is basically Marvel's sci-fi spy story without superheroes. Focuses on Nick Fury who is kind of on his own here. ( spoiler )