E246. Jonathan Tropper Thinks "Warrior" Is A Show For Everyone

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🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Jonathan Tropper, writer, producer, and creator of hit HBO Max show Warrior, sits down with Bridget to discuss how the show that Bruce Lee developed finally made it to the small screen, how it nearly died on the vine after two seasons at Cinemax, and how the pandemic and finding popularity on the HBO Max app led to a revival and a season 3. They discuss what's happening in the industry as a whole, how the economic model of pilots has changed, how you don’t really know what’s succeeding anymore because the streamers don't give you the data, and the importance and effects of the expansion of representation in the industry. They cover the historical time period in which the show is set, how this country has never really figured out its relationship with immigrants, the themes explored in the show that are still relevant today, the graphic novel vibe, how they tackled language, why swagger was the most important component of the main character, how Jonathan got his start in the industry, and why one of the skills of a showrunner is being really nice to everyone on your crew because you need everyone really badly. Watch all 3 seasons of Warrior on Max now. Sponsor Links: Babbel - https://bit.ly/babbel-wiw The Jordan Harbinger Show - https://spoti.fi/3LhJBTP The Dr. Drew Podcast - https://bit.ly/DrDrew-WiW Progressive - https://pgrs.in/3Dp5ZIW

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0:00.0	This week we welcome novelist, screenwriter, and showrunner of my favorite show,
0:05.9	Warrior Jonathan Tropper. First of all, there's been an overdue movement to expand
0:12.5	which cultures are represented and how much can be expressed for every cultural
0:18.1	community across the country. So there's a lot more diversity, which also leads to segmentation.
0:24.8	There's great crossover like shows like Beef, which have been not one of the best shows to come
0:30.3	out in the last few years, right? And it was largely, it was a story about Asian Americans,
0:36.3	but it was also really a story about any of us, right? You could have made the same showing
0:42.3	and it not be Asian-American, but there is a lot of segmentation where this group is going to
0:46.3	watch their shows, this group is going to watch their shows, and that's both by economic status,
0:51.5	by racial status, by cultural status. So it is the side effect of representation,
0:56.6	its segmentation, and then what has to break through is representation that is universal.
1:02.0	So it doesn't matter who's on screen because the story is so universal.
1:06.4	This is Watkins. Welcome with Bridget Pettasy, and Bridget Pettasy, and you are welcome.
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1:48.9	scrappy little internet heroes at Fettasy.com. I'm with John and Trapper. Everybody,
1:54.8	welcome to Watkins. Welcome. So excited to be here. Thanks. I'm probably more excited to be
2:00.4	talking to you since you are the showrunner of my favorite show, Warrior. Yeah, although I should
2:06.3	say for season three, I have some other showrunners. Season three, I took a half step back,
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