But! Young Robert Sean Leonard! Or am I confusing it with Swing Kids?

t off to check

Right, Newsies was young Christian Bale.

THAT is not musical theatre. That is dreck. despite some cuties in the cast.

Hey hey HEY!

Allyson, I misread your tag thusly:

None of us got where we re solely by pulling ourselves up by our boobstraps. We got here because somebody-a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns-bent down and helped us pick up our boobs.---(not quite) Thurgood Marshall

Bad eyesight can be fun.

Oh and Tim is godhead.

Sorry, sticky A---that should be: None of us got where we are.....

It makes me sad, because The Inside is so good, and OoG is so good, and why isn't there more room for this on television?

I don't think there isn't room for it on television, in general. I just think the current crop of shows on the air doesn't allow for that type of storytelling. There are a lot of series that use flashbacks as part of their basic premise (WaT, CC, VM, PB, etc.) but their use of flashbacks is very...um...I dunno, linear?

Allyson had an idea for a show that was incredibly non-linear. I thought, and still think, it's really cool.

I don't think there isn't room for it on television, in general. I just think the current crop of shows on the air doesn't allow for that type of storytelling. There are a lot of series that use flashbacks as part of their basic premise (WaT, CC, VM, PB, etc.) but their use of flashbacks is very...um...I dunno, linear?

Allyson had an idea for a show that was incredibly non-linear. I thought, and still think, it's really cool.

I guess when I say "television" I mean "television right this very moment." I like non-linear. I could go on at length about non-linear storytelling and feminist drama and stuff, but instead I'll stick with "I like non-linear."

Right, Newsies was young Christian Bale.

Oh, he didn't escape Swing Kids either. He was the eager little Hitler Youth who ratted out his friends to the Nazis in that, if memory serves.

Allyson had an idea for a show that was incredibly non-linear. I thought, and still think, it's really cool.

Do tell. Or did I miss it?

eta: Sometimes I forget that telling us is telling the world, and since Allyson may not want to share her brilliant idea with the rest of the world so that they can change it slightly and then get filthy rich off of her creativity, I suppose my note was not so good. Still, curious.

So, I'm on mailing lists for tons of writing workshops, including Screenwriting Expo 4, and I got this in my e-mail about their newest faculty member. How much ya wanna bet he wrote the course description himself:

TIM MINEAR is a professional television writer/producer who was executive producer/show runner on "Angel," "Firefly," "Wonderfalls," and "The Inside." Mr. Minear was also a staff writer on "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" and "The X- Files".

Mr. Minear will be offering a Special 3-Hour Seminar:

Breaking the Story Nov. 11 (Friday) @ 6 PM to 9:30 PM

An interactive exercise in breaking a single episode of a one-hour drama. We'll decide by consensus if it's to be an episode of "Angel," Firefly" or "Wonderfalls." Using a white board and the group mind, we'll recreate what happens in a writers' room, with slightly less profane humor. We'll conceptualize an original episode, then board out teaser and four acts. Emphasis on theme and structure.

Good catch, Victor.