n Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:40 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maron once considered himself such a failure (addict, > > divorced, career in the toilet) that the temptation to > > sell out must have been nearly overwhelming, Instead, > > he started bitching about life in his garage, doing it > > his way, and reinvented himself at 50 (his IFC series > > was just renewed for a third season, by the way). > > You're assuming he had offers to sell out. I don't remember hearing him > talk about how he turned down a supporting part on King of Queens or what > have you. (Which is not to diminish what he has accomplished.) >
Plus, I think the "sell out" characterization is Kevin's, not Griffin's, or even Maron's. She did say repeatedly that she took the gigs she got because that is all that was available and she was not being offered the good stuff, but I thought her point was that she went out and hustled and made things happen for herself. Another difference between the two that I thought she emphasized was that while she hung out with Maron and his crew back in the day, he was always (obviously) a real stand up comic, while she was always something else. For her, "Life on the D List" was not really selling out, it was making it. In any case, I do agree with Kevin that it was a particularly interesting interview. -- -- 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/d/optout.
