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The concept is never what attracts me; it’s the execution. There are lots of shows about bars, news and radio stations, cabdrivers, and shrinks. I want to see what the characters that are put into these situations do. I’m concerned about believability and the economy of the comedy, the shortest distance between the character and the laughter, and the best way to get there. When I direct an episode, I have a lot of notes. I am apt to tell writers, “Fifty percent of what I say is gold and fifty percent is garbage. It’s your job to figure out which is which.
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James Burrows (Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More)
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Your center can also be subtly benevolent or sympathetic: Two and a Half Men’s Charlie Harper is a perpetually drunk womanizer, but, with little hesitation, he opens his beach home to his newly divorced brother and nephew. On The Big Bang Theory, Leonard Hofstadter is a socially awkward scientist who has trouble communicating feelings, but he protects his roommate and best friend, the even more socially awkward and brilliant Sheldon Cooper. Some shows have no center at all. In 3rd Rock from the Sun, all the characters are eccentric and play off one another. In the beginning, the characters must be appealing and compelling. Networks want characters to be appealing all the time. But that’s ultimately terrible for storytelling, because there’s no journey. There’s no redemption if there’s no sin. There has to be some dimension. The challenge is in figuring out how to grow and nurture characters carefully so that the audience will continue to accept them.
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James Burrows (Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More)
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creative environment that fosters the best ideas, including those no one had thought about before.
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James Burrows (Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More)
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YOUR TWIN-FLAME IS ON BACK ORDER.
THE HEAVENLY FATHER IS BUILDING YOUR SOULMATE TAILOR MADE FOR YOU SPECIAL ORDER.
WHEN YOUR MATE IS COMPLETE
THE UNIVERSE WILL SHIP THEM OUT SPECIAL DELIVERY, WITH A BOW.
WHEN YOU MEET THEM YOU'LL KNOW!
YOU DESERVE THE BEST.
SINCERELY,
#FRIENDINYOURPOCKET
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Qwana Reynolds-Frasier (Friend In Your Pocket Conversations Session One)
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THE BEST SINGERS ARE THOSE
WHO WERE TOLD BY "LIFE"
THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A
REASON TO SING OR REJOICE
BUT THEY SANG ANYWAY
-HOPENATION
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Qwana M. Reynolds-Frasier (Friend In Your Pocket Conversations With M.I.N.I M.E: Class Is Now In Session)
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I’m the best there is at getting people to talk. You know that. Yes, we could send somebody else out to do it, but would they come back with any information?
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Anne Frasier (Pretty Dead (Elise Sandburg, #3))
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MY PICTURES TODAY ARE BETTER THAN MY "BEST" PICTURES OF YESTERDAY!
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Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier
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GRATITUDE IS THE BEST WRITTEN VERSE OF THE SOUL!
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Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier