This Morning's Recommended Bit O'Media
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NYT article on Russell T. Davies - and his impact on British telly and culture via Who and the spinoffs.
It's a good commentary piece, and an interesting read.
Favorite quotes:
“How ridiculous would it be that you would travel through time and space and only ever find heterosexual men?” - Jane Tranter (BBC's Head of Fiction)
“The most boring drama would be” — here he [Davies] put on a whiny, fractious voice — " 'Oh, I’m bisexual, oh my bleeding heart' nighttime drama.Tedious, dull. But if you say it’s a bisexual space pirate swaggering in with guns and attitude and cheek and humor into prime-time family viewing: that was enormously attractive to me.” - re: Jack Harkness, natch.
“I often get asked to write dramas or films about a man coming out of the closet to his wife, or a man coming out of the closet to his children, or a man who’s beaten up because he’s secretly gay," Mr.Davies said. “I always refuse if it’s a negative take on homosexuality— if the only aspect being portrayed is the trouble, the tears and the angst.” He continued: “There’s enough of that out there. Why bother? Drama is easy when it’s tragedy. Anyone could write a scene of a man crying in the rain saying, ‘I’m sorry.’ But actually it’s much more fun to see a man in a bar trying to pick up another man. That’s tense. There’s a whole minefield of emotions there.”
rmNYT article on Russell T. Davies - and his impact on British telly and culture via Who and the spinoffs.
It's a good commentary piece, and an interesting read.
Favorite quotes:
“How ridiculous would it be that you would travel through time and space and only ever find heterosexual men?” - Jane Tranter (BBC's Head of Fiction)
“The most boring drama would be” — here he [Davies] put on a whiny, fractious voice — " 'Oh, I’m bisexual, oh my bleeding heart' nighttime drama.Tedious, dull. But if you say it’s a bisexual space pirate swaggering in with guns and attitude and cheek and humor into prime-time family viewing: that was enormously attractive to me.” - re: Jack Harkness, natch.
“I often get asked to write dramas or films about a man coming out of the closet to his wife, or a man coming out of the closet to his children, or a man who’s beaten up because he’s secretly gay," Mr.Davies said. “I always refuse if it’s a negative take on homosexuality— if the only aspect being portrayed is the trouble, the tears and the angst.” He continued: “There’s enough of that out there. Why bother? Drama is easy when it’s tragedy. Anyone could write a scene of a man crying in the rain saying, ‘I’m sorry.’ But actually it’s much more fun to see a man in a bar trying to pick up another man. That’s tense. There’s a whole minefield of emotions there.”
