Comments on: Joss and Four Acts Part Deux http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/04/joss-and-four-acts-part-deux/ Life at the intersection of television and digital Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:10:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Maestro http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/04/joss-and-four-acts-part-deux/#comment-4519 Maestro Mon, 05 May 2008 22:57:55 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/04/joss-and-four-acts-part-deux/#comment-4519 There have been a few pilots recently that did the "presented with limited commercial interruption" thing--Heroes, The Black Donnellys, Smith, Vanished, Reunion, Burn Notice--and several cable series that continue to have only two or three C-breaks in the regular episodes--The Shield, Rescue Me, Mad Men, Breaking Bad. There have been a few pilots recently that did the “presented with limited commercial interruption” thing–Heroes, The Black Donnellys, Smith, Vanished, Reunion, Burn Notice–and several cable series that continue to have only two or three C-breaks in the regular episodes–The Shield, Rescue Me, Mad Men, Breaking Bad.

]]> By: Robbo http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/04/joss-and-four-acts-part-deux/#comment-3776 Robbo Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:35:24 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/04/joss-and-four-acts-part-deux/#comment-3776 Fitzgerald told us: "There are no second acts in American lives" - he obviously never had to write for television. Whedon's writing has always struck me as not just clever and compelling but also very human - no doubt this is in part to his listening to a story telling rhythm which contradicts "the norm" and speaks, instead, to the best way to tell a story. I have no doubt there are a myriad of structures capable of containing a narrative flow - and none of them considered "the norm". It's nice to think that as the entire entertainment media industry shakes itself senseless we will re-engage with these disparate structures - discovering more about ourselves and how we tell of ourselves in story. Cheers. Fitzgerald told us: “There are no second acts in American lives” - he obviously never had to write for television.

Whedon’s writing has always struck me as not just clever and compelling but also very human - no doubt this is in part to his listening to a story telling rhythm which contradicts “the norm” and speaks, instead, to the best way to tell a story.

I have no doubt there are a myriad of structures capable of containing a narrative flow - and none of them considered “the norm”. It’s nice to think that as the entire entertainment media industry shakes itself senseless we will re-engage with these disparate structures - discovering more about ourselves and how we tell of ourselves in story.

Cheers.

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