tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7452328264503676221..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Lev Butts' Comic Count Down: InterludeKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-89093259774361625082016-02-24T02:17:30.611+00:002016-02-24T02:17:30.611+00:00Agreed on all counts, LydiaAgreed on all counts, LydiaLeverett Buttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822160835689818255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-10870176352715687032016-02-23T16:49:22.270+00:002016-02-23T16:49:22.270+00:00Thanks for the memories of Moonlighting! I find me...Thanks for the memories of Moonlighting! I find metafiction type asides are far more funny when used sparingly - first of all the author(s) build up your belief in the fictional world, and then suddenly take you out of it, preferably for a brief moment - it's funny because it jars, but it's risky as it could, badly handled, alienate the audience. It does tend to work best in cartoons, knowingly funny ones like Family Guy and American Dad and the Simpsons. I've seen it done on stage where it's done too often and you then can't really believe in anything that happens on stage afterwards or be emotionally involved in it, as the actors don't seem to be either! so it has to be handled with care, and writers/directors who overuse it thinking they are being very smart and meta and cool may be blowing up their work. Moonlighting pretended to be a smooth 80s glamorous lighthearted drama but they took a lot of risks - memorably, having a miscarriage in the series voiced/acted by the actual 'foetus' after it spent a long time making us believe in it as a person. And having Bruce Willis was inspired, the only man who has ever made smug = sexy.<br />Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-89762203576232628682016-02-23T14:19:41.594+00:002016-02-23T14:19:41.594+00:00I support that desire, Bill. You will not be disap...I support that desire, Bill. You will not be disappointed. This post has made me want to go back and rewatch them all, too.Leverett Buttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822160835689818255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-15034699679005431302016-02-23T11:53:13.223+00:002016-02-23T11:53:13.223+00:00Thanks, Lev. I love the subtle (and not so subtle)...Thanks, Lev. I love the subtle (and not so subtle) ironies of this sort of thing and the whole fact/fiction interplay. I didn't watch this first time round. Makes me want to get box sets for the whole series.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-19428777117184462662016-02-23T07:51:15.094+00:002016-02-23T07:51:15.094+00:00Great post Lev. I learned so much. Thanks for this...Great post Lev. I learned so much. Thanks for this Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.com