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   From: david@creeknet.com   
      
   catpandaddy wrote:   
      
   >   
   > "David Cheatham"  wrote in message   
   > news:xn0gra1m3w9d97002@news.windstream.net...   
   > > 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!   
      
   I wasn't trying to make a moral judgement either way. I was just   
   pointing out the change.   
      
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