On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 8:58 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:23 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Cleaning out the inbox with the Variety ____, Dean "Mayhem" Winters >> ("Girls5eva") cast as Joe's partner-turned-enemy Jeff Lowe. >> >> >> https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/joe-exotic-peacock-series-cast-dean-winters-jeff-lowe-1235004351/ >> (link) >> > > I watched the documentary series which was a two hour story told in eight > hours. With all its flaws the documentary didn't lay any overt bias on the > story, picking heroes and villains. Marc Maron described the series > (without having watched it) as broken people doing shitty things. You can't > turn that into a drama. The audience needs someone to root for and that > will pervert the whole concept. > I absolutely agree with your premise, but the lack of likable characters doesn’t seem to have impacted shies like “The Crown” or “Mare of Easttown” or “Dirty John.” I personally don’t understand the phenomena of shows with nobody to root for, but a lot of them are in the pipeline these days. > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEK2cWfkBJKC9WOzjVt1gDmu4kbQ5-upt6kmBuFLRiRiA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEK2cWfkBJKC9WOzjVt1gDmu4kbQ5-upt6kmBuFLRiRiA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CLhPYbgD7tXx%2BHcTuL9n6wE9pVTVJj4qHJLy-R4_FQ3Q%40mail.gmail.com.
