![]() From what I can tell, there isn't one major media company or major talent agency not working with the service on programming. I spend my weeks writing and meeting with all aspect of the media and tech business just to learn. Recently, THE INFORMATION (a site I read daily), ran a piece titled " Katzenberg's Quibi Faces Quandary: Meeting Ambitious Content Goal" questioning whether the startup could meet its content launch goals. He's bet on hi-quality short-form programming from an exhaustive list of A-list actors, producers, and companies. The forthcoming service QUIBI was interesting to me because my friend JEFFREY KATZENBERG made his bones in the film business but never wanted to make one again. ![]() They may love a movie, but they don't dig some of the execs or companies. I still see it a lot even as media is rising from its supposed death. And with the disruption of business and distribution models, the media industry was often written off as dying (sometimes fairly, sometimes not). There is no question that the zeitgeist of the last 20 years has been led by the techies. I couldn’t take my eyes off of this one and its timing… I read a lot for myself. Check it out… Oh, look! ESQUIRE MAGAZINE reminds us it’s BLACK HISTORY MONTH. It was hard enough in 2000 with AOL INSTANT MESSENGER. I can’t even imagine what this show would be if set in the age of social media. The two leads, MAYA ERSKINE & ANNA KONKLE, are awkward and amazing. It’s a tender, hilarious, and poignant show about girls growing up and learning about themselves. For women, I gather, something honest and familiar but rarely delivered by the mainstream media. ![]() For me, it was a fun, racy, and wacky insight that I hadn’t seen before. This is the kind of show that makes you feel that with all the overdue upheaval related to gender inequality, HOLLYWOOD is starting to listen. The format is familiar, but the POV is mostly new to me. Friendship, puberty, boys, parties, divorce, sexual awakening, family and more. All the teenage angst but from the other side. This is from the young girls' point of view. So when watching this show, I was really moved. We suffer ignorance because some stories aren't told. Society is very much shaped by the media we consume. The female characters are targets, bridges for, vessels for the male character. From teenage comedies to coming of age films. If you’re a woman of any age, how many movies and TV shows have you sat through that were totally dominated by a male point of view? Infinite. The show follows two 7th grade girls in 2000. I was working on REDEF in the living room on SATURDAY and I heard loud laughter from the bedroom. She’s not mentally destructive in her media habits like me. Same with most disturbing documentaries ( WHERE'S MY ROY COHN?). ![]() I'm still in the doghouse for suggesting she watch NETFLIX's YOU ("the worst thing" she watched for 10 hours). And then complain that I “made” her watch it. She doesn’t gravitate toward the dark and dystopian stuff that I do (BLACK MIRROR, WESTWORLD). Apparently, air fryers encourage tranquility. She zones out and watches HSN on a loop for hours like she's using the CALM app. I love movies and television and it's nice to have a partner in crime to watch them all with.
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