Saturday, November 21, 2009

Late Night TV on the Internet

The title says it.

You know what world? I like TV. There, I said it. Er, wrote it. DECLARED it. I loves me some True Blood, Dexter, Carnivale, Firefly, Glee, Mad Men, Buffy, Samurai Jack, Lost, 30 Rock, Pushing Daisies, etc. When done properly, it gives me much of the fun of a novel and a movie at the same time. WIN. Alas, there is a great deal of shitty TV one must dig through to get to the good stuff.
My bane: reality tv. However, I am not above looking at pieces from So You Think You Can Dance on youtube. You know why? Cause they really CAN dance, and that is a mighty fine thing to see. It takes talent. Athletisism. Passion. It is actually ART. And it's shiny.
Shiny. I will not pretend that I just enjoy the narrative structure and writing and stuff in proper television. Let's be frank. The people on television are easy on the eyes, and they like making out with one another. The hopeless romantic and the terrible lecher in me are able to bond at times like this, and thus able to reconcile themselves with eachother.
SHINY.
What I want to do: popularize the miniseries. I think, when done properly, it is my favorite form of video storytelling. You have the oppurtiny for depth of a longer series as well as the elegance of a shorter story arch. It strikes the perfect balance. Also, it is the best format for adaptation. For example: we all acknowledge that properly adapting Watchmen into a movie was impossible. Why? Insufficient time to plumb the delicious depths of the story, its plot and characters. So, you need more time. What is the perfect solution? THE MINISERIES, THAT'S WHAT.
Examples of wonderful miniseries: Slings and Arrows, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, North and South, 10th Kingdom (ok, that was a little silly, but I enjoyed it). Basically, England and Canada are all over this. Now it's our turn.

Speaking of which, I cannot stop thinking about going to London. LondonLondonLondon. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

This may be the silliest thing I have written on this blog. No one reads it though, so I suppose it doesn't really matter. Unless, of course, Kailyn is still checking it. Are you reading this Kailyn? It's very silly.

In other news: I think watching me play Jerry this summer caused a shift in my father's view of my acting. He was supportive before and thought I was good. Now, he is super bummed that he can;t see my show and has said so repeatedly. He is excited to see my growth as an artist. He doesn't merely support my being an actor, he actively WANTS me to be one now, he is excited about it. I think I must be the luckiest girl in the world.

Also, when I bowed tonight: The audience got louder. For me. For ME. It was wonderful.

But I am not satisfied yet. I was good, but still nowhere close to as good as I can be. I to,d that to my Dad and he said, "Good. That's the way to be." His voice radiated pride. He is proud of me for being an actor.

I am being redundant now. Life is a very occupied space.

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