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   From: cpd@cat.pan.net   
      
   "David Cheatham"  wrote in message   
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   > Barry Margolin wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> What I'm saying is that if you have a show whose premise is not the   
   >> type that a particular gender will consider, you can attract them by   
   >> adding certain character types.  So many women won't be immediately   
   >> interested in a sci-fi action show, but if you put a woman in the   
   >> lead lots of them will give it a try.   
   >>   
   >> And once they try it, they might like it.  The problem is getting   
   >> over initial biases, and creative packaging can accomplish that.   
   >   
   >   
   > In the end, almost all shows are attempting much more characterization   
   > than they'd be doing two decades ago. I think at some point, we might   
   > end up with essentially four types of dramas:   
   >   
   >   
   > Every other drama format seems to be dying out, even shows that were   
   > successful in the past. It doesn't matter you've got a group of people   
   > who save the world each Tuesday...audiences want them to date, and talk   
   > to their parents, and have hobbies.   
      
   Silly audiences, wanting characters they can relate to!   
      
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