Thank You, Studio 60
There is a scene in the first (or second—I forget) episode of Studio 60, where Matthew Perry walks into the room recently vacated by the previous head writer, where he’s about to take over the role. He sees a large timer hanging on the wall, like a baseball scoreboard—red LED numbers against a black background—and wonders aloud why it’s counting down from the seven day mark, second by second.
Towards the end of the episode, when he’s just finished his mad scurry to complete his final draft before they take it and go to air, live, the timer clicks back to seven days: seven days, then six days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds, and so on.
Then we realise that this is probably the simplest, most effective way of demonstrating the mad rush and cyclical whirlwind that is a writer’s life. Or rather, a writer with recurring deadlines.
Like a writer for a TV show. Or a writer for a daily newspaper. And like a writer for a fortnightly IT magazine.
Right when all the articles are pitched, facts are gathered, interviews are done and writing drafts (and redrafts) are over, you look up and the timer nods in approval by clicking loudly back to square one.
Tick, tick, tick.
addict. anyway, does episode 17 exist? i can’t seem to find it.
Does the mad scurry become easier with time? Or has it become a routine? Or never-ending pressure and stress afterwhich satisfaction occurs after completion?
tell me about it. i don’t think there will ever be an ep 17.
w and wanida> I don’t think so. I don’t have it, at least.
kum hean> It does become somewhat easier, but I can’t tell if that’s because I’m getting used to it, getting better at it or just managing my expectations. :D
NGARGH YOU MEAN THAT WAS THE END OF THE SEASON! or they cut it. i mean i thought they weren’t doing a second season i didnt know they did that! auuughhhhh. no closuuuure.
SHUT UP I haven’t watched it! I’ve been distracted by Ugly Betty…
they better fucking come out with ep 17 soon. cheebye i’m damn du lan about it as it is. i know aaron sorkin plans for matt alby’s “new problem”(see i didn’t spoil) to be a big subplot…
go to tv.com and do a search… you will find out more about which episodes have been released… by the way, it’s been canceled in the States so there are no more episodes except for the rest of Season 1 which you can download on any good Bit Torrent site… you just gotta know where to look ;-)