Ego is a Killer

David Milch has joined a list of producers who has shown that ego can outpace talent.  His slavish devotion to John from Cincinnati rivals that of some other producers I could name and their white whales.  Only, Milch, being Milch can be far more... expressive... about it, as noted in  commentary queenofthorns posted the other day.  Now, it seems that someone in the bloggosphere has written an open letter to Milch and his ego .  The blogger is right about one thing, the most memorable aspect of JfC is that it is The Show That Killed Deadwood. 


ETA:  Oops.  Queenofthorns's post was friends locked, so here's the direct link to Milch's interview  and the 'what the frakkity hell?!' Milch quote:   “I wrote ("Deadwood's") Al Swearingen for Ed...If he'd had that part the show would still be running.” 

So there you go, in Milch's opinion, Deadwood would still be alive if instead of Ian McShane in the role, Al Bundy from "Married with Children" had played it (not to insult Ed O'Neill, who is a decent actor, just...  you know.  WHAT?!) If that wasn't weird enough, I bring to your attention that Deadwood was, in fact, not cancelled due to ratings.  It was cancelled because Milch didn't want to run two shows at once and he chose to write JfC instead  of Deadwood... and some nimrod at HBO let him.

Ego is a Killer

David Milch has joined a list of producers who has shown that ego can outpace talent.  His slavish devotion to John from Cincinnati rivals that of some other producers I could name and their white whales.  Only, Milch, being Milch can be far more... expressive... about it, as noted in  commentary queenofthorns posted the other day.  Now, it seems that someone in the bloggosphere has written an open letter to Milch and his ego .  The blogger is right about one thing, the most memorable aspect of JfC is that it is The Show That Killed Deadwood. 


ETA:  Oops.  Queenofthorns's post was friends locked, so here's the direct link to Milch's interview  and the 'what the frakkity hell?!' Milch quote:   “I wrote ("Deadwood's") Al Swearingen for Ed...If he'd had that part the show would still be running.” 

So there you go, in Milch's opinion, Deadwood would still be alive if instead of Ian McShane in the role, Al Bundy from "Married with Children" had played it (not to insult Ed O'Neill, who is a decent actor, just...  you know.  WHAT?!) If that wasn't weird enough, I bring to your attention that Deadwood was, in fact, not cancelled due to ratings.  It was cancelled because Milch didn't want to run two shows at once and he chose to write JfC instead  of Deadwood... and some nimrod at HBO let him.

Ego is a Killer

David Milch has joined a list of producers who has shown that ego can outpace talent.  His slavish devotion to John from Cincinnati rivals that of some other producers I could name and their white whales.  Only, Milch, being Milch can be far more... expressive... about it, as noted in  commentary queenofthorns posted the other day.  Now, it seems that someone in the bloggosphere has written an open letter to Milch and his ego .  The blogger is right about one thing, the most memorable aspect of JfC is that it is The Show That Killed Deadwood. 


ETA:  Oops.  Queenofthorns's post was friends locked, so here's the direct link to Milch's interview  and the 'what the frakkity hell?!' Milch quote:   “I wrote ("Deadwood's") Al Swearingen for Ed...If he'd had that part the show would still be running.” 

So there you go, in Milch's opinion, Deadwood would still be alive if instead of Ian McShane in the role, Al Bundy from "Married with Children" had played it (not to insult Ed O'Neill, who is a decent actor, just...  you know.  WHAT?!) If that wasn't weird enough, I bring to your attention that Deadwood was, in fact, not cancelled due to ratings.  It was cancelled because Milch didn't want to run two shows at once and he chose to write JfC instead  of Deadwood... and some nimrod at HBO let him.

Interesting Article

Interesting article

Selected quote:
"Violence between people often comes about when they fight over limited resources, but sometimes there is no such “rational” explanation. In those cases, clan dynamics are almost always to blame. Intellectuals like to think that ideas are what matter most, but listen to what average murderers say. Kids who shoot other kids in the streets of Oakland, California, near where I live, usually report that it was either gang retribution or a response to being “disrespected.” The latter often involves the nasty business of sexual selection. These are the universal and tragic themes you find in the literatures of all peoples.

Religion placed immortal supernatural beings at the top of the clan, thereby reducing everyday violence between adherents. Crusades, jihads, and bloody schisms were the price paid for this improvement, though in the grim context of human behavioral history, that was probably a bargain.

The idea of God (or gods) also served in ancient times as a way to apply the clan-centric cognition of the human species to the problem of comprehending the dynamics of the world. In the Hebrew Bible, for instance, God is the "King of the Universe,"  so God served at least two duties: as clan leader and as explanation of reality. Thus when scientists tell believers they’re flat-out wrong, we think we’re making a point about nature, but I think we’re often heard as giving the primal message, “We elite persons reject your clan status.”  Entire article

Interesting Article

Interesting article

Selected quote:
"Violence between people often comes about when they fight over limited resources, but sometimes there is no such “rational” explanation. In those cases, clan dynamics are almost always to blame. Intellectuals like to think that ideas are what matter most, but listen to what average murderers say. Kids who shoot other kids in the streets of Oakland, California, near where I live, usually report that it was either gang retribution or a response to being “disrespected.” The latter often involves the nasty business of sexual selection. These are the universal and tragic themes you find in the literatures of all peoples.

Religion placed immortal supernatural beings at the top of the clan, thereby reducing everyday violence between adherents. Crusades, jihads, and bloody schisms were the price paid for this improvement, though in the grim context of human behavioral history, that was probably a bargain.

The idea of God (or gods) also served in ancient times as a way to apply the clan-centric cognition of the human species to the problem of comprehending the dynamics of the world. In the Hebrew Bible, for instance, God is the "King of the Universe,"  so God served at least two duties: as clan leader and as explanation of reality. Thus when scientists tell believers they’re flat-out wrong, we think we’re making a point about nature, but I think we’re often heard as giving the primal message, “We elite persons reject your clan status.”  Entire article

Interesting Article

Interesting article

Selected quote:
"Violence between people often comes about when they fight over limited resources, but sometimes there is no such “rational” explanation. In those cases, clan dynamics are almost always to blame. Intellectuals like to think that ideas are what matter most, but listen to what average murderers say. Kids who shoot other kids in the streets of Oakland, California, near where I live, usually report that it was either gang retribution or a response to being “disrespected.” The latter often involves the nasty business of sexual selection. These are the universal and tragic themes you find in the literatures of all peoples.

Religion placed immortal supernatural beings at the top of the clan, thereby reducing everyday violence between adherents. Crusades, jihads, and bloody schisms were the price paid for this improvement, though in the grim context of human behavioral history, that was probably a bargain.

The idea of God (or gods) also served in ancient times as a way to apply the clan-centric cognition of the human species to the problem of comprehending the dynamics of the world. In the Hebrew Bible, for instance, God is the "King of the Universe,"  so God served at least two duties: as clan leader and as explanation of reality. Thus when scientists tell believers they’re flat-out wrong, we think we’re making a point about nature, but I think we’re often heard as giving the primal message, “We elite persons reject your clan status.”  Entire article

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth just finished playing on Cinemax. This is the first time that I've seen it.

Damn.

It's one dark movie. Very moving and wonderfully made just... Damn.

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth just finished playing on Cinemax. This is the first time that I've seen it.

Damn.

It's one dark movie. Very moving and wonderfully made just... Damn.

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth just finished playing on Cinemax. This is the first time that I've seen it.

Damn.

It's one dark movie. Very moving and wonderfully made just... Damn.