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I think with Stringer, I brought an English sensibility to an American character, and with Luther, I bring American sensibilities to an English character. Stringer, on the page, he read like the consigliore, the man next to the man. But I sophisticated Stringer up with how subtle he was. Luther — he’s way bigger [in his reactions] than an English cop would ever be. He’s very American-esque in that way. I think part of the TV show’s popularity in England is that it’s sort of ridiculous to see an Englishman that big in a lot of these scenes.
Idris Elba on Prometheus, Learning to Box, and His Party House — Vulture
A nice, long Idris Elba interview. Stringer Bell is one of my most beloved fictional characters. Each new bit of information about him resurrects him in my mind.
Posted on June 10, 2012 with 8 notes
Source: vulture.com
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Bob Odenkirk’s pilot Let’s Do This! which was not picked up by Adult Swim.
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We have one main ski mask. We have a couple decent backup masks, but the one you see in the show is 99 percent one mask. It’s a little scary. I don’t remember where I got it. I think I bought it in L.A. There’s no tag on it. We wanted to call the company and get, like, 20 of them, but it’s a one-of-a-kind mask. We’ve tried to make duplicates, but it’s hard. It’s a really thick fabric. We just have to handle it with extreme care. When the mask falls apart, it’s probably time not to do the show anymore.
Jon Glaser | TV | Interview | The A.V. Club
You haven’t watched Delocated? Why not?!?!?! Jon Glaser is absolutely an underrated comedy genius.
Posted on January 24, 2012 with 14 notes
Source: The A.V. Club
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We have the first major bidding war of the season — I hear ABC, NBC and Fox are in pursuit of Imagine TV/20th Century Fox TV’s untitled Sarah Silverman comedy co-written by and starring the irreverent comedian, with at least 2 networks, ABC and NBC, offering major commitments.
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Very rarely has [Ron] Howard taken personal interest in a TV project, becoming deeply invested in its development as was the case with Imagine TV’s Emmy-winning Arrested Development.Sarah Silverman’s Comedy Project Sparks Major Bidding War, Ron Howard On Board – Deadline.com
I have low expectations knowing network primetime just cannot be as edgy as cable. But go, Silverman! Push the boundaries of comfort and good taste. Seeing mainstream America squirm is the best entertainment for people like us.
Posted on August 18, 2011 with 2 notes
Source: deadline.com
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This absolutely slays me. I love how Louis CK makes two people who’d usually roll their eyes at earnestness and sincerity and romance have such a naked moment. This is just so perfectly, genuinely, touchingly human—built especially for cynics and hard-hearted like us—that I well up every time I watch. I just don’t see this scene taking place anywhere other than New York, and I think Louis CK created a perfectly Woody Allen moment even better than Woody himself could.
This episode is called “Subway/Pamela” and absolutely worth tracking down. The “Pamela” portion is the best television I’ve seen since the pilot or the poker scene from last season’s Louie.
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I know whatever I make will carry the scent of Lost — it’s like I’ve just left a strip club. There will always be this belief that what I make will not be what it seems. I’ve become such an unreliable narrator. So as I think about my next project, I want to create a feeling that immediately says to the audience, I Am Exactly What I Appear To Be. Sometimes I wish we were in the old Alfred Hitchcock days, when I could just sit in a recliner at the start of the program and say, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, there are no shenanigans here.’ But of course, in this era, that would have the total opposite effect. In the olden days — and by olden, I mean like four years ago — I would be inclined to just try anything. I would just write whatever interested me. But now, if I thought of a major twist, I wouldn’t do it unless it was a home run.
Chuck Klosterman: How spoilers are changing screenwriting - Grantland
Klosterman on spoilers and twist endings, or rather, how fickleness of the Internet peanut gallery affects the psyche of writing. It’s true that twists and narrative devices that seemed fresh a decade ago as in The Sixth Sense or Memento are very commonplace and expected these days.
Can the narratives of our post-meta culture untwist itself but still retain the mystique and bafflement of a Mobius strip? Is ambiguity and lack of closure the new twist ending?
Source: grantland.com
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Eight Great Commercials With Writers As Pitchmen | The Awl
A time waster with a bunch of fucking sellouts. I mean that in the most affectionate way.
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Everybody wants to improve the material, so they will comb over it, take out abnormalities,” he says of the traditional writers’ room. “It’s like certain kinds of food: You like them to be chunky and irregular. And they’ll just keeping puréeing and puréeing till it’s perfect, and who the fuck wants it?
Louis CK profile ahead of the second season of Louie starting next month. Being creative in comedy is weird. You can’t do it alone, really. But comedy by committee can be the worst, dodged and burned until sharp edges are all gone.
There’s nothing new in this profile, but you might want to read the thing about Louis’s index cards. That was new information to me.
Posted on May 20, 2011 with 1 note
Source: New York Magazine
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Each issue will examine a dish or ingredient through many facets. “It’s sort of an M.C. Escher painting,” Mr. Chang said. For instance, the first app will present an interactive bowl of ramen from his Momofuku Noodle Bar. Clicking the ingredients in the image will reveal about 35 videos, 50 recipes, graphics and other elements.
David Chang’s Latest: An iPad App and a Journal - NYTimes.com
Chang eschews television in favor of a quarterly iPad app and a McSweeny’s published print journal, a perfectly awesome way to make something cool and useful out of technology. But is it wise to limit the audience to just iPad-owners?
Posted on February 2, 2011 with 2 notes
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To get its Tri-Phoria ads on the air, Trojan reached out to networks ahead of time, said Jim Daniels, VP-marketing at Church & Dwight. Armed with research from Indiana University, Church & Dwight executives provided TV-network executives with data showing vibrator use during sexual interactions is common, with use being reported by approximately 53% of women and 45% of men between the ages 18 to 60. Church & Dwight also gave TV networks a preview of storyboards and used feedback to shape the commercials before submitting them for final approval, Mr. Daniels said.
TV Advertising: Trojan ‘Vibrating Massager’ Ads Safe for TV - Advertising Age - MediaWorks
Advertising for vibrators on television: almost there, almost there, almost there…not quite.
Source: adage.com
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