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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
it’s funny how “literature” is becoming obsolete somewhat
the (actual) death of the author is the rise of the showrunner-—and the rise of the writer’s room
i am old enough to remember when tv was SHIT hahahahaaaaa
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Me too. TV used to suck. Even — no, especially — the “high dramas”.
Way I see it, Sopranos changed the game, and LOST expanded the horizons for what was possible in terms of engagement with audiences and balancing between genres. LOST was Star Trek for the post-911 PTSD case, and it amped everything up, specifically production values and the scale of narratives.
It was imperfect, but it helped launch the world we live in now, where Soprano-home HBO apparently recruits LOST creators to find meh books and construct narratives out of their skeletons that probably make the author go, “Oh fuck, why is my book so simple and boring?”
(And obvioisly West Wing, Oz and especially The Wire played a huge part, but I’m pointing to Sopranos and LOST as the causal agent for TV betterment.)
Best thing on TV used to be that half hour where Seinfeld busted up Must See (because it’s impossible to avoid and still watch Seinfeld) TV. And Simpsons sometimes. King of the Hill... what have you.