Quickie Review: Stumptown

[Kevin M.]

Again, the TV trope of opening with an action sequence, then flashing back to tell the story of how it came to be.

P.S.- Does every character have to be overly quirky? Native American woman who compulsively knits. Cop who excessively uses Post-Its. Food truck guy desperate for a good Yelp review. It all masks a very bland story devoid of compelling characters.

Pilot free on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/stumptown-season-1/id1475139106

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Tom Wolper]

I think the quirks are just a way to keep the characters from being too generic.

[Kevin M.]

The way to make a character non-generic is to write a character. Writing pointless affectations is just sloppy, and it ends up making the characters one-dimensional at best.

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Tom Wolper]

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:29 AM Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 6:53 AM Tom Wolper <two...@gmail.com> wrote:

I think the quirks are just a way to keep the characters from being too generic.

The way to make a character non-generic is to write a character. Writing pointless affectations is just sloppy, and it ends up making the characters one-dimensional at best.

I think that's a criticism of the current TV model more than just Stumptown. There's just no time to introduce characters in a way that makes them stick in a network pilot. I still intend writing a critique of Sunnyside and my main problem with it was, that with just 20 minutes to tell the story in the pilot, everything was rushed and nothing stuck.

[Jon Delfin]

Much the same could be said about "All Rise" -- 20 pounds of plot in a 10- pound bag. After two episodes, the person we know the least about is the lead. Program guide blurb for next week is discouraging. On to better things.  

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