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[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Why do you single out the cast? There can be other non-writer types who get to make serious calls.
True enough. I've no idea why I single out cast -- I suppose, just from not thinking about it enough. I suppose when I say 'power' on a show, I refer to being able to make the story suck or not suck, which should really be the writers and producers responsibility (in my head).
which should really be the writers and producers responsibility
But the producers don't have to be either writers or cast.
Sometimes they're Kazui's.
Heh
Yeah! John is an Ass Prod now!
Ouch.
Cindy is in ma braiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin....
I'm much less intrusive than John.
mmm. I like waffles.
Okay, so I gots me a CD of scores by Robert Kral today. I always loved his work with the score to Angel (The Birth of Angelus - tres lovely), but I've never listened to his stuff on it's own before. It's epic, and so very beautiful.
The Jane adoration is strong in Prisonor of Trebekistan (as it should be). She even gets her own chapter. You should all read it while you're waiting for Vampire People to be released.
I second aurelia's recommendation of Prisoner or Trebekistan. I didn't know any of that backstory, and I was so touched by how much he digs Jane. And he's friends with Danny Strong! Plus, it's a hilarious book.