What is it, exactly?
The folks at TVGasm believe it’s this:
We watch their shows and make them
rich. In return, they promise to work hard and prevent that show from
sucking.
But my writing/producing partner William Rabkin is confused.
I thought our social contract with the viewer required us to write
whatever storylines the "real" fans demand… to slavishly adhere to
the "rules" they set down in their fanzines… and to realize that
their fanfic is infinitely better than our produced work, because we’re
just doing it for money and they’re doing it for love. How many damn social contracts do we have with our fans?
So which is it? Hurry up and tell me, okay? Because I need to know before we start writing/producing another TV show.
It’s both. You promise not to let the show suck by following the storylines we demand while recognising that the fan fic is better.
Isn’t your life grand?
“You promise not to let the show suck by following the storylines we demand while recognising that the fan fic is better.”
Why do you think ENTERPRISE was cancelled? 🙂
And Lee, really, more lesbian love scenes in MISSING. I’m ever so tired of having to post my own to alt.slash.creative.double-jointed.
Actually, in the case of Enterprise, the fanfic might have been better!
It is ironic, but I think that this season of Enterprise has been the best yet. At least it’s been the year with storylines I haven’t been able to predict after 15 minutes. Which is a step up.