Tom Wolper, to Dave Sikula, Tuesday (7/24): > > The premise has a lot of merit. As cannabis becomes legal across the > country it will become mainstream in the culture and a sitcom based in a > legal cannabis shop would be cutting edge as it explores what had been > conventional wisdom (marijuana is taboo and cannot be directly referred to > lest the kiddies get ideas) and how it is being overturned today. The other > main scene, on a porn shoot, echoes that as porn is an untalked about taboo > that has become mainstream thanks to streaming sites. The potential is mind > blowing. > > The execution is not. Middle aged stoners can't anchor a series. To be a > young stoner, okay, maybe with maturity and responsibilities you can grow > out of it and be productive. But if you hit middle age and getting stoned > is life's priority, and there is no indication that either lead is married > or has kids, then it becomes pathetic. Maybe other middle aged stoners will > think it's cool and want to watch. Nobody else will. >
For some reason this is reminding me of a movie project Fox just announced: *Stoned Alone, *a take on *Home Alone*... Deadline <https://deadline.com/2018/07/ryan-reynolds-home-alone-stoned-alone-macaulay-culkin-augustine-frizzell-r-rated-comedy-fox-1202433635/> (link): "It centers around a twenty-something weed growing loser who misses the plane for his holiday ski trip. He makes the best of things by getting high. Paranoia sets in and he believes he hears someone break into his house. Turns out thieves have broken in. Fully stoned and fueled by paranoia, he tries to thwart the thieves and defend his castle." This might do slightly better than Smith's film... B -- 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.
