“Power(ful) TV” from ATX
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (creator, Sweet/Vicious), Gloria Calderon Kellett (creator, One Day at a Time), Justin Simien (creator, Dear White People), and David Hudgins (Friday Night Lights) discuss how their series have surpassed diversity trends and token characters by organically weaving in storylines of race, religion, sexual assault, the foster care system, immigration, health care, and many many more, with the belief that exposing audiences to a variety of people, experiences, and worlds they might never encounter will normalize these unfamiliar issues and defuse them once and for all. Moderated by Maury McIntyre (President, Television Academy).
Recorded at ATX Television Festival on June 10, 2017.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi guys, it's me, Ben Blacker, the creator and host of this show. Before we get started, I want to tell you about the next live show I have going on. It's Dead Pilot Society on Saturday, June 23rd at the Dynasty Typewriter Theater. Dead Pilot Society. As you know, is the live show and podcast series where we take pilots that have been bought and developed |
| 0:21.8 | but never shot and give them the table reads they so richly deserve. |
| 0:27.1 | There are no notes, no one gets fired, and everyone has a good time. |
| 0:31.2 | On June 23rd, we have three really great scripts that are going to be a lot of fun to listen to. |
| 0:39.3 | We have a script by Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna of community, of course, a script by Genji Cohen, creator of Orange is the New |
| 0:45.1 | Black and Weeds. Also, she's the owner of the Dynasty typewriter theater. And a script by |
| 0:50.1 | Patrick Schumacher and Justin Halpern, the guy's behind Shit My Dad says, and they're running a new Harley Quinn animated series. All three of these scripts should be a lot of fun. We're going to get some great cast. We already have some people confirmed, which I will tell you about as we get closer to the date. For now, go to dynasty typewriter.com and get tickets to the June 23rd Dead Pilot Society. They're only 15 bucks if you buy them in |
| 1:14.2 | advance and you're going to want to. Last time we had an amazing crowd, we were so happy so many |
| 1:19.2 | people came out and this time I can only anticipate more. So get your tickets in advance. |
| 1:23.8 | Dynasty typewriter.com. Hope to see you there. |
| 1:29.2 | Today we have another great DynastyTyperider.com. Hope to see you there. Forever. Dog. |
| 1:30.4 | Today we have another great recording |
| 1:32.4 | from last year's ATX Television Festival |
| 1:34.8 | in anticipation of this year's ATX Television Festival, |
| 1:38.9 | which starts next month, June 7th through 10th, in Austin. |
| 1:42.7 | You guys should be there. |
| 1:43.7 | It's going to be phenomenal. |
| 1:45.7 | Personally, I'm moderating a Nash Bridges' Writers' Room reunion, which I'm so excited about. |
| 1:52.7 | Nash Bridges is the most ridiculous show that was ever on television. |
| 1:56.3 | My dad loved it, which should tell you all you need to know. |
| 2:00.0 | But they had this insane writer's room |
| 2:02.3 | with Carlton Cuse, Sean Ryan, Glenn Mazzara, Pem Vizzi, John Worth. Like, it's a murderer's |
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