Tag Archives: suits

What Suits the Audience

I watch SUITS. I see how it is manipulative, simplistic, and shallow, using every cheap soap opera trick to jerk the feelings of sappy open-mouth viewers. Every move is obvious, predictable, and as familiar as your own discomfort. I realize … Continue reading

Posted in Autobiographical Writing, Sample Essays | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on What Suits the Audience

A Blurt About TV Writing

Remember when the Fonz jumped the shark?  That phrase has come to mean when a series, out of ideas, goes too far into the ridiculous, going against established character and general series logic, solely for something to to so the … Continue reading

Posted in Sample Essays | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on A Blurt About TV Writing