[B5JMS] attn. JMS: A TV writing question...

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From: Aisling Willow Grey <aisling at fjordstone.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:49:32 +0000 (UTC)
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 >>Phil wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 07:02:52 +0000 (UTC), jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
> wrote:
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>>>Hmmm...  Do I sense some sort of implied show-business metaphors here?
>>>Something to do with bloated carnivorous predators or savages with clubs...
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>>Two asides to this discussion...
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>>One, there's a really excellent article by Frank Pierson about the movie and,
>>by implication, the TV business, at
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>>http://www.moviefone.com/showtimes/closesttheaters.adp?_action=setLocation
>>&csz=91423&submit.x=14&submit.y=12
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>>Two, there's a documentary about comics on the history channel that repeats
>>Sunday at 10 p.m. Pacific...apparently (I haven't seen it yet, just heard about
>>it) there's some nice stuff about the 9/11 issue of Amazing that I wrote, plus
>>a bunch of other good stuff about comics as a form.
>>
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> I have seen it, not bad. I was hoping rhey would credit you and your
> words, but they didn't.<<

Yeah, I was mildly irked by that, too.  They talked about how Spiderman 
was the quintessential New York superhero, and thus he _had_ to address 
the tragedy...and I figured they were about to mention Joe...but then 
they cut right over the Batman writer who started talking about the 
issue he wrote about the terrible destruction in Metropolis.  Frankly, I 
think that particular segment would have been quite a bit more weighty 
if they had focused on Joe's work in ASM, instead.

Aisling


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:56:26 +0000 (UTC)
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>Frankly, I 
>think that particular segment would have been quite a bit more weighty 
>if they had focused on Joe's work in ASM, instead.

At the same time, though, the documentary did a great job of introducing a lot
of people to the history of comics, and that was what it was mainly intended to
do.  So I wasn't overmuch bothered by that, I thought it was nicely done
overall.

 jms

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