David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Enough with the sex talk, already
Boy, the critics can’t seem to get enough of this whole graphic-sex-on-“Tell Me You Love Me” thing. We here at TV Press Tour are currently talking with Showtime CEO Matthew Blank and entertainment president Robert Greenblatt, and one critic, citing “TMYLM,” asked if Showtime has any policy regarding actors “doing it” during a production.
Yes. That was a question.
Greenblatt: “You mean while the cameras are rolling?”
The two agreed that they would never ask an actor to do anything of that nature. (Of course, I’d think no one at HBO has made such a request, nor has any actor offered.)
Blank: “Sometimes simulated (sex) looks better.”
Greenblatt: “Even in your own life.”
* UPDATE: Yet another "TMYLM" question -- during a press conference for the serial-killer show "Dexter:" Essentially, why do people get upset about sex but not the violence in "Dexter?" The producers decline to say it's because we're a sick, dysfunctional society, instead playing the "the-actual-violence-only-amounts-to-20-seconds-of-the-first-whole-season" card. Actual on-screen violent acts, they parse their argument, as opposed to the vast amounts of gore, as if no one would respond to the gore. Yep - that's their line of reasoning. This is the kind of thinking we have to put up with here.
Comments
Simulated sex looks better? Gah.
Posted by: Suzy Q | July 17, 2007 4:31 PM