tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post8599246077420706066..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Blurring The Line"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-77323740904582753802014-07-31T04:44:33.130-07:002014-07-31T04:44:33.130-07:00Comedies end with weddings....dramas, with funeral...Comedies end with weddings....dramas, with funerals....PGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-36145606059440912972014-07-30T06:00:47.902-07:002014-07-30T06:00:47.902-07:00(If my query of yesterday factored in any way into...(If my query of yesterday factored in any way into your decision to discuss this, thank you. But I suspect you had already written this posting.)<br /><br />It's a fair enough point. I remember years ago being astounded that BOSTON LEGAL was classed as a drama. I had always assumed it was a comedy. (And its creator, David Kelley, did a lot to blur that line in his various series.) <br /><br />The distinction for the last few years - with the exception of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK - seems to be that dramas are one-hour shows and comedies are half-hour shows. If that's the case, then fine: make the lengths the categories. At least they, like the difference between plays and musicals (although: see NASHVILLE), are unambiguous. What offends me is the notion that shows might game the rules by choosing the category they think they have the best chance in rather than the category they were aiming at, if you see what I mean. That would be the equivalent of the heavyweight boxer taking diuretics in order to drop enough weight to compete in the middleweight category instead. <br /><br />There are all sorts of unfairnesses in the categories as they're currently constructed - THE GOOD WIFE, doing 22 episodes a year on network television competing with cable/streaming shows that can take a year or more to write 13 episodes with fewer content restrictions. <br /><br />If the awards are going to be fit for purpose, they're going to have to be remodeled, that much seems clear. But how?<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.com