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The Business

NBC's Controversial 'Outsourced' and Directing TV Pilots

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.5699 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2010

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Director Ken Kwapis's latest TV project is the new NBC series Outsourced, which premieres September 23. The show follows an American running a call center in Mumbai, and has been accused of stereotyping the Indian characters. Kwapis discusses these accusations and the nature of provocative comedies. He also talks about directing the pilot episodes of The Bernie Mac Show, The Larry Sanders Show and American version of The Office, and on working with show-runners and talent to create the tone and template for these beloved shows.

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0:00.0

From KCRW in Santa Monica and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

0:06.5

You listen, if you listen and learn, then you're going to be able to do anything you want next time.

0:12.1

Everybody takes his own business, really, really, all right life.

0:18.0

What's with him?

0:20.6

Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood.

0:22.9

This week on the business, the man behind the new and already controversial NBC comedy outsourced.

0:29.5

But first, the Hollywood news banter.

0:31.7

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

0:34.8

I can imagine Hollywood everything is really driven by making money.

0:41.9

What's with him?

0:42.8

I'm afraid he's gone to Hollywood, Hollywood.

0:47.1

I'm joined by John Horner, the Los Angeles Times.

0:50.0

John recently back from the Telluride Film Festival.

0:53.7

And a lot of people who are in Telluride, Colorado, are now in Toronto at the Toronto International Film Festival.

0:59.4

It's that time of the year.

1:00.4

And those of us at Toronto are going to be seeing some of the films that John saw at Telluride, right, John?

1:07.0

Absolutely. I mean, there's a lot more movies in Toronto than there were in Telly, right, but some of the higher profile movies, Darren Aronovsky's movie about a ballerina. Black Swan will be in Toronto. The King's Speech, which is a look at King George the Six stuttering problems, will be in Toronto. Ben Affleck's movie The Town, which wasn't in Telly Ride, will be in Toronto.

1:28.8

It's a really good lineup. And you'll get to see Aaron Ralston amputate his arm. I think you can sit through that, can't was the last one from Danny Boyle, so I may have to avert my gaze.

1:46.9

But, John, you know, there's a lot of talk about these festivals, particularly Toronto, and to some degree,

1:52.6

tell you right, of course, as the Oscar launching pad. Is it overblown?

1:57.5

I think it is a little bit. I mean, it's overblown somewhat in the media. The festivals play

2:01.8

almost a triple role. First of all, they kind of establish the critical momentum for a movie,

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