On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Although Kate Aurthur's BuzzFeed article has lots of suspects for how the >> highly-touted Broadway drama series lost its way (except to the >> train-wreck-watching gang who likes to make sarcastic social media posts), >> but it seems like creator and showrunner Theresa Rebeck was the main reason: >> >> >> http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/how-smash-became-tvs-biggest-train-wreck >> > > That was a good article, considering how many primary sources wouldn't > comment, and I wish I had known some of that during the first season. I was > interested in seeing a series about people of diverse backgrounds and > talents taking on the huge challenge of putting together a Broadway show. > It became disappointing when that vision was lost and trite soap opera > stories about stereotyped characters took over. At least I know why now. > It is an interesting article, but I don't think I know much more about why the show went wrong. On the one hand the article seems to blame the writer/showrunner Rebeck for not using the writer's room and making all the choices herself (most of them bad), refusing to listen to anyone. OTOH, the article seems to blame all of the "suits" from various levels of oversight who stuck their nose in the kitchen and gave Rebeck too much and too conflicting advice. It does sound like it might be worth giving the show another chance, so I guess I will. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
