Musical demonstration

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I was thinking some more about my post from the other day. Specifically, Hanson's point that you can't make a lot of money by writing television that aspires to be art, and how that creates a divide among writers - those who write for the mass audience and want to draw in as many viewers as they can, and those who write shows that will never appeal to more than a niche audience, but the result is a better quality TV show. And it reminded me of a song that I tend to think of as the unofficial Joss Whedon anthem, "Nine People's Favorite Thing," from the musical [title of show]:

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[shinybaum.livejournal.com]

The Wire, Caprica, Bill Moyers journal.

I think he's not an example though because his ratings were pretty okay.

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Heh, I think most of my favorite shows fall into this category - Veronica Mars, Friday Night Lights, BSG, Mad Men, The West Wing. Someone just reminded me of Kings today, which you probably never even got over in the UK, since it was here and gone so quickly.

[shinybaum.livejournal.com]

I've heard of it but bible=twitchiness. I do want to watch mad men though.

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Oh, it's not very twitch-inducing. It's not preachy at all, and in fact, a lot of Christians were pissed off because it didn't portray God exactly according to their religious beliefs.

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[rowanda380.livejournal.com]

That is so very true, and I love that play and that song (though Vampires is probably my favorite song from the show :0))

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Yay! Another [title of show] fan! :)