Members R Sinclair Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 I thought Sony has controlling interest? I mean, isn't Sony responsible for hiring the Folicle Freak and mandating the riddance of flower shots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sheilaforever Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 Take a look at CBS.com for Y&R's Emmy celebration party... There TWO dudes from SONY behaving as if they made the show great - apparently SONY is deadset on 'turning Y&R around' for 'more success' in the future. *rolls eyes* Bell Dramatic Serial has apparently less and less controll over their father's legacy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 This is black humour. I know she spoke about this guy in her first interview and said he and his friends enjoy watching the show. Basically the guy recruited them to watch it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 I am quite sad to hear this. I have been wondering how much control the Bells have. and OMG. To the VLL joining the show. I am all for it. New blood needs a start some where. Give him a chance. Young fresh new ideas. Lord knows the soap world needs it. If I was writing any show, and if my child had skills at writing, then of course I would pput my child on. You guys wouldn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 The fact is - parents are not impartial. And the risk of making a mess of your writing staff is huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChangedBYSon Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 You make two very powerful points, neither of which is the fact that some of the best writing talent in daytime has been allowed to drift from that show, which damages its continuity. I actually love Lynn, but things are dangerously bad over there--the show has never been "broke", and unfortunately, instead of trying to maintain its identity, it's being remade over into a generic plot-boiler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 That's true, but let me ask you this, what if it was your son? Would you let him write? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 Also, being a show runner is a big deal - at any time in the industry there's, like, twenty or some more show runners and 10000 members of WGA. And they're all typified - there are firefighters and I don't know the others (once I did), so it depends on a situation which one you'll bring. They make final cuts to stories, supervise everything from props to costumes and sets, choose directors and other staff and so on. So they are primarily responsible if a programme is a failure or a smash hit and choosing a person who'll run your show is pretty much the most important decision a network honcho will have to make. And daytime has been for decades, not years, plagued by incestuousness of staffing, "slackness of approach and banality of material". So fixing it is a herculean task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 If my child showed an active interest in writing, and decided I was the one who would train him in the art of writing - maybe. And only maybe. But since I'm sure of myself and my abilities, I would make sure my child would write very well and I would probably hire him or her. So an universal response to your question doesn't exist. I have to answer you in Einsteinean fashion, relativistically: it depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sheilaforever Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 Of course. But letting him write means letting take part in writer meetings (not that I expect such a LML's Y&R because the writing is inconsistent and contradictory from day 1/writer A to day 2/writer B...) before having him such a vital role - you only gret credited as a writer if you're realllllly involved and I don't think this young man has paif his dues yet. Brad Bell worked for most of the 80s on Y&R. He got never credited because he was there to learn and not to spread his youthful wisdom and start instantly writing shows. He had at least 5 years under his belt before being named s part of B&B's writing team in 1987... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 And if she really wanted to hire him so desperately, she could have given him the role of PA or WA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted July 24, 2007 Author Administrator Share Posted July 24, 2007 Yeah, letting your 21 year old son write a script is ridiculous. At least Lynsey Dufour and Marina Alburger worked their way up. And what does Michael Montgomery (A Writers Assistant/Story Coordinator) think about this? He doesn't get a shot at writing something? This reminds me of the Dena Higley era where she just let everyone write a script - Jacqueline Frazier, a BOOM OPERATOR wrote a script!! Unbelievable, eh!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 I don't watch Y&R regularly to sense the difference in dialog. But I know that the rumored hiring of Megan McTavish's niece, Courtney Bugler, as script writer at All My Children from May 2005-present has brought about some of the WORST dialog in the show's recent history. And she hit the ground running, writing two scripts in six days. I think Sylph is right -- for some people, when it comes to nepotism, objectivity goes right out the window. And when it comes to writing for an established series, that's not a good look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted July 24, 2007 Members Share Posted July 24, 2007 The irony of it all is that she actually improved it - Y&R was proverbially known for its artificial and stiff dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted July 24, 2007 Author Administrator Share Posted July 24, 2007 GL: - David Smilow last listed as Script Writer on July 23 Also, GL is now listing their writers in alphabetical order and this is the beginning of the writers writing both breakdowns and scripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.