tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post1444073986546807155..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: When Television Heroes Stopped SmokingKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-34346404296073038412018-09-15T08:46:12.920-04:002018-09-15T08:46:12.920-04:00Giving the actor something to do reminds me of a N...Giving the actor something to do reminds me of a <i>Numb3rs</i> commentary in which Rob Morrow complains about bad directing. He HATES it when directors have characters start a scene by walking into the middle of the room. Or have them walk off towards the side of the set where there is no door. WHERE are they coming from? WHY are they walking there? <br /><br />Of course, movement is always better than no movement. <br /><br />Continuity reminds me of the <i>Monk</i> episode where he watches "take 2" on a television episode, then corrects all the continuity problems from the lights on the vehicle being off to a person's jacket being zipped only half-way up. After a while, the director and producer stop him. They want continuity but nobody is prepared for <b>that</b> much continuity! (And it's amazing how much the human eye will ignore in order to "blend" realities. Although once one is aware . . .)Katherine Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-40822119640188864012018-09-14T16:50:04.290-04:002018-09-14T16:50:04.290-04:00My main TV interest for the past few years has bee...My main TV interest for the past few years has been watching old TV shows--as in shows that started before about 1965. What's interesting is that in several, nobody smokes and when they do, it's almost always to set up a joke or situation (or to establish the villain.) In some shows, the smoking was so rare that when it happened, it was quite jarring.<br /><br />Where it gets really jarring is watching old "roasts" (okay, just about anything with Dean Martin in it) where they're smoking and drinking up a storm.<br /><br />BTW, one reason for smoking and drinking in films/TV was to give characters something to do. The problem being that it reeks havoc with continuity.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.com