Would someone please explain why we need to specify "drama"? Why not "Original Cable Programming"?
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Laga - Jun 25, 2007 4:07:29 pm PDT #9759 of 10001
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Topic!Cindy - Jun 25, 2007 4:14:50 pm PDT #9760 of 10001
What is even happening?
It's specified, because it is not a thread for general cable TV talk. In other words, it's not for sci-fi/fantasy, game shows, reality shows (like "Real World") or comedies, etc. It is dedicated to drama because that's what the proposer proposed and we voted.
brenda m - Jun 25, 2007 4:24:40 pm PDT #9761 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
What Cindy said. Drama is a fairly elastic term - what are you concerned would be excluded using that language rather than programming?
Laga - Jun 25, 2007 4:25:10 pm PDT #9762 of 10001
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I recall drama being discussed but whether or not to include some comedies was never put to a vote. Also I recall a few people stating that "Monk" and "Psych" are comedies but they are specifically listed as being included in the thread. Who decides?
Laga - Jun 25, 2007 4:26:17 pm PDT #9763 of 10001
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I'd like to be able to discuss any original cable show. Venture Brothers is the first one that comes to mind.
brenda m - Jun 25, 2007 4:40:19 pm PDT #9764 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That would be a different thread. And one may well come. But it's not, I think, what the vision was for this particular thread.
To get down to specifics, I'd say first of all that comedy v. drama is a judgment call on Psych and Monk. They're funny, to be sure, but for me they come down on the other side. Both were on hiatus, unfortunately, during the experimentals so I can't say I know for sure where they'd have popped up.
They have a narrative structure that seems more in line with dramas than straight comedies, though, which I think is a big factor. So drama can be somewhat elastic, and we can certainly take shows up as they come and discuss them where they fit most naturally. But keeping the lines, if not sharp, at least visible, is important to a lot of us because it builds better discussion.
Laga - Jun 25, 2007 4:45:59 pm PDT #9765 of 10001
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Is narrative structure the crux of the buscuit?
brenda m - Jun 25, 2007 4:55:34 pm PDT #9766 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
For me personally, probably, I don't know about others.
Laga - Jun 25, 2007 5:04:52 pm PDT #9767 of 10001
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That works for me. It is the narrative structure of most shows that drives my need to discuss them.
sj - Jun 25, 2007 5:59:48 pm PDT #9768 of 10001
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Are Psych and Monk both hour long shows? It seemed when we did the two experimental network threads that all of the hour long shows ended up in Drama whether or not they may have been more of a comedy to some.