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Era of complex and ambitious TV is over, says Sopranos creator (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee
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David Chase says 25-year golden period was a ‘blip’ and he is being told to ‘dumb down’ productions.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Gonna have to disagree. We're in the era of massive story arcs that can be binged. You need to be riveting to get an audience.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

He has a script rejected and is crying that the industry is too stupid to understand his vision.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

Case in point? What's the big compelling show right now?

[–] beardown@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Being riveting isn't the same as being good. People are addicted to Instagram as well. Yet that isn't exactly Shakespeare