Can we go to test screenings? Please?!? Of course, by "we" I mean "I."
You've got my support. Just think of me as...as your... You know, I'm searching for 'supportive things' and I'm coming up all bras.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Jesse - Dec 03, 2004 1:25:43 pm PST #3384 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 03, 2004 2:01:28 pm PST #3385 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
D'oh! I hit post before I meant to: for "pretty high" substitute "100-150K." Because "pretty high" conveys nothing at all.
An article I read in GQ last year gave an estimate as high as 200,000 annually, though I don't think they had reliable statistics to back it up. My assumption is that's number of incidents rather than number of victims, which would be somewhat lower.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 2:03:44 pm PST #3386 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder -- when they update the rape numbers to include prison rape, what female numbers will come up.
DCJensen - Dec 03, 2004 4:25:32 pm PST #3387 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I always wonder what the rape numbers would be for the past if they could somehow adjust for the reluctance/horror of women to report.
Not that there isn't reluctance now, it's just that in the last 35-40 years, rape has (slowly at times, it varies) become talked about and recognized for the crime that it is, and not swept under the rug with the whispers and innuendo about the victim.
ETA: Still a looong way to go.
Strega - Dec 03, 2004 5:40:18 pm PST #3388 of 10001
An article I read in GQ last year gave an estimate as high as 200,000 annually, though I don't think they had reliable statistics to back it up.
Yeah, nobody really knows; the 150,000 number is an extrapolation from a study done in the prison system in... Nevada? I can't remember now.. I'm not sure if they included women's prisons in that one.
The DOJ study is certain to be low because they're taking the numbers from prison officials. If you ask prisoners, or guards, you get much higher numbers because of the same reluctance to report it. My company is working on the juvenile facility survey.
Sydney Carton - Dec 04, 2004 6:13:50 pm PST #3389 of 10001
Actually, I've feeling a wee bit peckish...
Hi all,
Delurking because I can't cloak my excitement over the info on The Inside. Now, I'm just fighting off my little pessimism demon that already thinking about how many weeks does it go before a "save our show is started." ;-)
Here's hoping for the twin blessings of good promotion and good placement for the new franchise. Maybe third time is the charm...
-Tim
Betsy HP - Dec 04, 2004 6:28:56 pm PST #3390 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
After all, it is a far, far better thing you do...
The Partyman - Dec 04, 2004 7:07:45 pm PST #3391 of 10001
[insert something funny here]
Am very Excited about The Inside.
So much in fact that I've been reading this thread backwards in an attempt to get up to speed after a miserable lack of posting...
Actually, make that Very Very Excited!
Pix - Dec 04, 2004 7:12:36 pm PST #3392 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I'm confused by the idea of profiling the victims. Do you mean that she will use the victims' traumas each week to trace her way back to the victimizer?
Hmph. The man should come and answer this one, when he's not busy. Maybe Kristen can come up with a better response than what's in my head.
will there be story arcs, or is this a stand-alone series?
Another question for the busy writerboywonder.
Want busy writerboywonder to visit. Curious.
Lilty Cash - Dec 04, 2004 7:20:48 pm PST #3393 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I'm so very looking forward to this show.