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September 22, 2006
Studio 60 and the Business of Entertainment
I could also file this under making a living. I'm back safely in L.A. and dealing with a one industry town. It's odd that that one industry is entertainment. Entertainment should be laughing and crying and having a good time. Instead, it's number crunching and outrageously high and low salaries and LaLa land.
Through the art of DVR, I watched Studio 60 tonight. It was noted that the show is West Wing on a teevee set. Which was obvious to me - I've seen a few Sports Nights and know that he is a one formula man. It's a good formula, but it is a bit tiring; especially if you're not fully engaged in the industry he's poking fun at.
But how can you not enjoy the biz here in LA? If Amanda Peet can be a studio boss, then surely I could make it as a producer, right? These are the thoughts that flutter through your head when you live in LaLa land.
In other news, I was disappointed that scenes from the previews of Grey's Anatomy will be seen in the second ep, not the first. And ER was off to a banging start...except that most of its bangs were predictable. I did think Jerry was going to die - since he's the bartender on that crappy new show, Men in Trees. Yes, I succumbed to watching the first ep, but only because it came on after Dancing with the Stars; I'm not tuning in on Fridays (or DVR'ing it). Why do Jewish mothers always have to be annoying on television? Do the writers really hate their mothers that much? Although, I gotta say shiva on Grey's Anatomy was good; except for the wearing dirty clothes and sitting close to the floor part. How am I to believe that an Asian woman seriously partook in a more Orthodox version of my religion than I have ever been involved in? But the food, annoying relatives, and seven days without work part does make a helluva lot of sense. This nonsensical rambling is ending now. G'night!
Posted by cj at September 22, 2006 01:30 AM