Jane Espenson is an awesome writer who has worked on shows like
Buffy, Angel, Gilmore Girls ... oh, wait a second. There are no shows "like"
Buffy, Angel or
Gilmore Girls. Which is to say that she has had the sort of writing career that I would still envy if the shows I currently have in development all got greenlit
at the same time. And she is a fun and witty person. As you can tell from her blog.
Anyway, Jane just answered a nagging question I've had about act breaks in
Gilmore Girls.
You know how
DMc and
Rogers and other TV bloggers have gone on about act outs? The last moment before a commercial
must be a big "wow" moment, preferably one of great jeopardy?
Gilmore Girls don't do act outs.
Jane esplains why.Thank, you, Jane!
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That's very interesting. And that might have something to do with why I never liked Gilmore Girls.
It always seemed poky-poky-clever-poky in a way that I didn't appreciate. I had room for one talky talky show in my viewing quiver at that point, and I chose West Wing.
Anyone else notice that they dropped Jane's name on "24" last night?
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