Is there a deeper pool of talent that HollyWierd has failed or refuses to fish from? Seems as though , whether its STNG of yesteryear, or Law & Order over the last recent years, seems only a few get the green light and so much worthy talent gets unselected. Same goes for commercials. Seems as though only a few poster guys & gals get on there doing the pitching, and the rest never see camera time?
Then of course there are those whose days have been counted that need a new series, or fix. Take the show the Protector on LifeTime Network. The same gal that played ATF agent Stall on SOA, is now a homicide detective in LA. Imagine that.
One of the best major film franchises ever is the American Pie Company. The reason that succeeded so well is still a comet streak, but it was at the time refreshing in that they took some rather unknown actors at UCLA, Barrowed some film gear from UCLA’s drama department and Pepto Bizmol, a grand slam right into the cheap seats.
Then there is the wonderment at Spike, outside of the PowerBlock, and Manswers , Spike has little to offer. Spike was The Nashville Network, or TNN that was owned by Gaylord Enterprises, who owns the Grand Ole Oprey theme park and Hotel, as well as brought you such old TV shows as HeeHaw. When Viacom bought both TNN and its sister CMT and made them part of the MTV family, I thought that the idea of a guys network was really going to be the boss . Spike was named after Spike Lee a guy-pal of Pamela Anderson, who was at the time was pitching a PI Cartoon series. TNN was in trouble , financially so Spike bought it and wahlah partnered with Viacom. Problem is , I see the same problem a TV network that is looking for a kick, or a buyer. But doing Star Wars Marathons every other week ain’t going to git-r-done. But getting back on course here. Is Hollywierd out of talent both actors as well as writers, or is there another answer?
What if they took film and TV production out of Hollywierd? What if more Indy film producers were willing to get off the dime?
That in my next entry.
L8R
