08-23-2016, 06:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-23-2016, 08:43 PM by Hexenadler.)
As a viewer, I do my best to be accommodating of different story & character developments on a show. Sometimes a departing actor or other external circumstances can force the writers to make radical alterations to whatever plans they already had in the pipeline. I realize that's a reality of writing for television.
But there are times when I can't help wondering how some of these table conferences go down. Take the creative decision to pair Nick with Adalind, for example. Didn't anyone in the room even timidly point out why this wasn't the best idea in the world?
I'm not saying people should have started insulting each other or flinging tomatoes, but why couldn't somebody at least have tried something to the effect of "Hey, guys? I don't think that works. Here's why." Later in season 5, we're given the Juliette/Eve scenario, which somehow manages to be TWICE as offensive a concept as having Nick voluntarily sleep with Adalind. (I'm serious: Map Eve's character arc onto a real-life criminal like Ted Bundy, and try not to get pissed off. Good luck.)
How exactly do these conferences work? Could someone enlighten me? Do Greenwalt & Kouf simply lay out the rules of what's going to happen in the season, and everyone has to keep their mouths shut if they want to hold on to their jobs? Are they such powerful figures in the industry, even so much as suggesting an alternate outcome to one of their scenarios would result in being blackballed from every entertainment network in America? Maybe that's the reality of the business, but it doesn't strike me as a healthy or productive way to run it.
But there are times when I can't help wondering how some of these table conferences go down. Take the creative decision to pair Nick with Adalind, for example. Didn't anyone in the room even timidly point out why this wasn't the best idea in the world?
I'm not saying people should have started insulting each other or flinging tomatoes, but why couldn't somebody at least have tried something to the effect of "Hey, guys? I don't think that works. Here's why." Later in season 5, we're given the Juliette/Eve scenario, which somehow manages to be TWICE as offensive a concept as having Nick voluntarily sleep with Adalind. (I'm serious: Map Eve's character arc onto a real-life criminal like Ted Bundy, and try not to get pissed off. Good luck.)
How exactly do these conferences work? Could someone enlighten me? Do Greenwalt & Kouf simply lay out the rules of what's going to happen in the season, and everyone has to keep their mouths shut if they want to hold on to their jobs? Are they such powerful figures in the industry, even so much as suggesting an alternate outcome to one of their scenarios would result in being blackballed from every entertainment network in America? Maybe that's the reality of the business, but it doesn't strike me as a healthy or productive way to run it.