Andor creator Tony Gilroy ‘had to fight for’ the series’ most crushing moment
Andor creator Tony Gilroy ‘had to fight for’ the series’ most crushing moment
And also its least crushing moment, involving a cupcake, of all things
Why does it always feel like the people making the really great content have to fight to keep the fantastic moments in and then the people making slop can just do whatever
Originality is the path to the riskier side of business. Risk can lead to profit loss. Profit loss leads shareholders to suffering.
Have you heard the story of Focus Group the Wise? Its not story the Creatives would tell you.
Which makes sense on paper to a corporate board, what I love is how ironically the less risky means more boring, and that we're finally seeing people not showing up to boring repetitive slop. Iron man and the MCU started as a risk, and they had interesting new storylines. Now it's boring safe slop
Hopefully "Sinners" helps to change that
I don't hate Kathleen Kennedy or anything, she's just doing her job. In fact she's not even really a cause so much as a symptom, but fact is she was hired because her vision matches what the marketing people want: dumbed down, mass-appeal media that speaks to no one and offends no one. She has made it work before in her career, and (likely, in my opinion) loves the formula for its efficacy, not its artistic value. It's about the money, and enshittification. I'm as confused as everyone else how Andor managed to slip through the gatekeeping, but very glad for it. Maybe they'll learn that there's a market for more than just "childlike wonderment."
I've wondered if they planned on Andor flopping and we're going to just doa season trial run, or it came at the time they were greenlighting everything star wars. There's no way it should have slipped through marketing, legal, the feel good police, but it did, and I'm very grateful for Tony Gilroy telling the story he wanted
Her formula actually IS about offending the fan base ... Time and time again her team starts a controversy that insults the fans far ahead of release of any of the products, and the products themselves mess with existing lore and expectations. All for no reason other than to start a ruckus about the product so they can blame the fans for it failing.
I highly suspect Andor slipped past is because somewhere someone declared/decreed it "absolutely hands-off" in the creative stages, and it shows in how a polished product is delivered that has not been meddled with.
The cupcake was a great touch.
Like, here is the dude that is evil. But he's also normal. He's had a good day/week as far as he is concerned, and as a celebration & reward: gets himself a fancy sweet treat.
It's not some data tablet, or star wars specific thing. It's a cupcake. And a super fancy one that comes in a nice box. It's really relatable.