Mario wrote:
"It may be ironic given that people read less and less, but
then the quality of television scripts has improved
enormously just when the public for television is shrinking.
Go figure."
That's an easy one. Corporations, including media
corporations, are only open to innovation when the old models
cease to be as profitable. That's why, traditionally, it was
the network at the bottom that has tried new things. And now
that all of them are taking big hits, they're all scrambling
for new successful model, be it denser plotting (Lost, 24,
Seinfeld, etc) or reality shows. A section of the book
Everything Bad is Good for You discusses the increased
complexity in TV (and movies and video games, etc).
Mark
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