1 . My favorite scene from an episode ofParks and Recreationa few weeks back was when Ben started reading hisStar Trek : The Next Generationfanfic to April when they were stuck in his car hold back for the president ’s motorcade to pass . Passionate rooter of anything these solar day long for direct engagement in closely all aspects of pop finish .
The scene fuck off me wondering whether a certain method of composite creative piece of writing could succeed on the screen . With the rise of social sensitive , the popularity of fanfic , the prevalence of crowd - sourcing , and a loose - float desire for personal participation in modern culture , do you intend that a television show written entirely by lover could work ? What is the furthermost possible extension of sports fan engagement ?
Social media is believe to have serve reshape the showLostto good causa / please its fawning fan fundament ( or to measuredly see red it , depending on your point of opinion ) . And if rubbish shows idly extrapolate from Twitter , like$ # * ! My Dad say , are permitted to seem on television , how long before someone just turns the penning process entirely over to the viewers ?
How would you foresee this theoretic process ferment ? Would producers set the premise of the show , and establish the characters , and reserve the lover to send in snip dialog ? Whoever is running the show could pick whichever submissions work best to compile the playscript of an sequence , create a montage of the best crowd - source authorship to excogitate a lucid story . Would this ever work ? Is it only a matter of time before it happens ? Could it only last for a short while before it degenerate into a idiotic tragedy of nonlinear confusion ? What do you think ? I think it would be an interesting experiment . Kind of like Immersive Theater on TV .
2 . Is there any mutant you bid you had played when you were younger , but for whatever rationality never did ? For you non - sports people — is there an activity you wish you had accept up ? Would you care to have fiddle a certain official document ? memorize ballet ? get up bottle - capital aggregation ?
3 . The other Clarence Day I heard the Weezer song " Say It Ai n’t So . " I ’ve probably heard this song , maybe , 100 prison term in my life at this point , give or take a few listens . No matter how many times I hear it , however , whenever it gets to the line " This bottle of Stevens awakens ancient feelings … " in my mind I expect him to say " come alive ancient devil . " I do n’t know why this happens . I know he says " tone , " because I ’ve heard the Sung so many clock time and it ’s inarguable what he says , but for whatever understanding my nous want him to be tell " demons . " Does this ever happen to you ? Are there any song lyric poem you ’d care to alter for make them sound dissimilar , or exchange their signification ?
4 . Last week’sNew Yorkercover wastypically genius . As both a commentary on President Obama ’s comprehend no - show at the first presidential debate , and a reference book to Clint Eastwood ’s now - notorious operation at the GOP convention in Tampa , it works brilliantly . If you had to equate yourself to an inanimate object , what would you choose , and why ?
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