I thought he worked on the Killing?
He must've had a ton of help writing last year...this season has been pretty terrible.
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I thought he worked on the Killing?
He must've had a ton of help writing last year...this season has been pretty terrible.
From what I understand he was already attached to HBO for True Detective and they helped him get into a writing room room for a quick bit of prep.
Still hardly any experience and definitely not proportional to getting a big budget drama written entirely by him.
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Pizzolatto had TV experience he worked on the Killing as a staff writer. He also worked on Magic City for STARZ for a little bit. But I agree it is a struggle for us black people to gain creative control in Hollywood.
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Kind of hard to get experience when no one is hiring.
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Didn't realize this was an old thread, but I went to school with her, that's the homie. She's still on track to debut this fall unless HBO pulls a last minute stunt, she's doing a viewing down at essence
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I'm hoping so too...im tired of of these well connected white chicks being given all sorts of breaks (Lena Dunham, Lana del ray, the Mara sisters) when black talent has to go thru the ringer and then some
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same thing for kathryn Bigelow's "detroit riots" film thats comingIt's crazy how we can't even write our own stories, that's why I appreciate Power.
I wondered why I didn't like Survivor's Remorse when I first saw it, then I realized it was written and created by Mike O'malleyfrom Guts. Even though I heard it was stolen
Its like come on, Lebron. You couldn't get a black writing staff to produce that? No wonder it sucks.
Experience is important