The Toronto Star poses the question: Can Mark McKinney save a struggling show? The show, of course, is Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which McKinney is a story editor for and now appears on as a member of the supporting cast.
Recently, series creator Aaron Sorkin again rallied against "bloggers", decrying the "enormous rise in amateurism" brought on by the blogosphere. So what does the Toronto Star go and do? Why, they go ask some bloggers (Canadian, natch) what they think.
"West Wing this ain't," says Alex Epstein, whose credits include Naked Josh and is the author of the book Crafty Screenwriting.
"I stuck with it because of Aaron Sorkin," but in his blog he noted
early on that the show "feels like it either needs to be funnier, or
have higher stakes."
"The first few episodes," he says now,
"were about how terribly important sketch comedy is, and the recent
episodes have been about a bunch of people to whom sketch comedy is
important." That's progress, he says, because "you're telling a story
about a family – every good TV show is about a family."
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The Toronto Star poses the question: Can Mark McKinney save a struggling show? The show, of course, is Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which McKinney is a story editor for and now appears on as a member of the supporting cast.
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