 | | 06-17-2007, 02:06 AM |
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Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 263
| I have received some information from My Friend regarding SP and a new TV series. It looks like Scott was ready to accept the role of the father in a new half-hour comedy set to debut this fall on the CW. The show is called “Aliens in America”.
I write “was ready” because now he is rethinking his decision. Apparently the megalomaniac that is currently running the CW network has suddenly developed amnesia and can’t remember who Scott Patterson is or what his performance as Luke Danes did for her network last season.
Dawn Ostroff (the megalomaniac in question) has decided that she can not accept SP in the role unless he auditions for the part. 
Yes, she seriously wants him to audition for the role! I guess for Ms. Ostroff, Scott’s performances over the past 7 years in 154 episodes of the Gilmore Girls just aren’t enough of an indication of the quality of work she could expect from him. She needs to see him for another 3 minutes.
Clearly her brain must be capacity deficient since she seems to be unable to recall the magnitude of the range emotion that he displayed just in the past season. Scott showed us a man who was so unsure about the direction for his life that it took the total loss of everything around him before he finally understood what he wanted. It is only then that Scott reveals the depth of the pain that the character is experiencing to us as he finally understands the cost of his inactions. We watch as SP takes this shattered man and rebuilds him into a loving and confident father, a doting uncle, and a full participant in the world around him. In one revealing scene, we are gifted through the talent of Scott Patterson to not only observe but to share the intense and raw emotions breaking the heart of this character as he listens to a song in a dark karaoke bar. There are no miscommunication between the actor and his audience. He knows how to touch us and we respond.
For seven years, Scott laid the soul of this character out bare for us to share, and share we did. He drew us in with his ability to tease, his wit to amuse, and his sincerity to love. He made certain that we savored all the layers and facets of this character, warts and all.
We saw all of this but apparently Dawn Ostroff didn’t or she didn’t retain the knowledge. It seems that she needs him to perform at least one more scene for her or she can’t offer him the role. I guess all that work he did before doesn’t count with her. She forgot the performances that Scott gave week after week on her network and she forgot that his performance is one of the major reasons that the Gilmore Girls and the CW network as a whole received the ratings that it did.
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Anyway at this point, My Friend believes that SP and his people are justifiably offended by the disrespectful attitude of Ms. Ostroff. SP paid his dues and deserves recognition for his body of work. Unless something radical changes, My Friend expects SP will pass on this show and wait for a better opportunity on a better network (any place other than the CW).
If you want me to tell you what that means as far as our hope to see SP on TV this fall, I can’t even speculate. We will just have to wait and see.
My first instinct was to send a scathing letter to Dawn Ostroff but a cooler head has taken over. Using fowl expletives to curse Ms. Ostroff may make me feel better but won’t help maintain the honorable reputation of SP in the industry. I don’t want to do anything that might damage it. He has always been respectful of all of his employers and associates and as his fan, the least I can do is follow his example.
Therefore, I intend to send letters to Dawn Ostroff and her Executive Vice Presidents full of praise for the talent and skill of Scott Patterson. I will also share within these letters my extreme disappointment that I won’t have the pleasure of seeing him on the CW network each week anymore. I shall sing my accolades of SP with all the charm that I can muster to each of the following executives:
Dawn Ostroff
President of Entertainment
3300 W. Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA 91505
Thom Sherman
EVP, Drama Development
3300 W. Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA 91505
Kim Fleary
EVP, Comedy
3300 W. Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA 91505
Rick Haskins
EVP, Marketing and Brand Strategy
3300 W. Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA 91505
Mitch Nedick
EVP and CFO
3300 W. Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA 91505 |
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