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Date Posted: 16:37:34 02/08/05 Tue
Author: Hillary
Subject: Careers in writing
In reply to: hole 's message, "One final word" on 21:39:51 02/07/05 Mon

I strongly disagree with you on MadTV (then again, I don't watch it frequently). However, you do have a point in that "a writing job is a writing job." If one is truly determined to be a writer/actor/musician/artist of some sort, you often have to work your way up. And often what one considers "great art" is not something you can make money off of. Anyway, that's going on to the next level. But the question of practicality vs. integrity is certainly a big one for creative professionals.

As for me personally, I'm not sure how to answer it, because I don't see any reason MadTV would want to hire me as a writer. I'm not trying to be self-deprecating, I just see a huge stylistic gulf. If somehow I did, I'd have to ask them exactly what contribution they thought I could make. If they were trying to take the show in a new direction, then yeah, maybe I would, as long as I didn't have to sign a long contract. I'd have to be experienced and pretty good to get a contract on arrival, I'm sure, so I doubt that. I wouldn't give up a running successful career for it like I might for SNL, however.

Of course, I agree with Patrick, I'm not actually expecting this to happen, although I guess it's not totally impossible. I assumed the question was hypothetical. I was wondering myself where SNL writers come from...From what I gather: Second City, other late night comedy shows, and sitcoms. (And boy, there are a lot of short-lived sitcoms.)

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Re: Careers in writing -- Dignard, 20:16:51 02/16/05 Wed