tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post2710064708536256645..comments2024-03-28T20:37:08.491+11:00Comments on The Audient: Perfectly suited to televisionDerek Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-85993398620042377602009-09-06T04:53:59.178+10:002009-09-06T04:53:59.178+10:00Thanks for the comment, Don. You're probably r...Thanks for the comment, Don. You're probably right that Hall doesn't make nearly what the star of a popular network hour-long drama would make, and I guess it's understandable -- even the most successful cable shows claim a miniscule percentage of the viewers that the worst network television claims. But I imagine Hall does okay for himself. You're right that it's hard to escape an agent's pernicious whispering in the ears of his clients. Let's hope Hall is one guy who can see the big picture.Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-55470226634416804442009-09-04T21:06:18.876+10:002009-09-04T21:06:18.876+10:00I'd certainly agree that guys like Michael C. ...I'd certainly agree that guys like Michael C. Hall are best suited for the high end cable programming world...every time HBO or Showtime needs to cast the next big-time Sunday nigh show, they should turn to Hall, Gandolfini, Krause, and Falco. These (and others like them) are actors who are really really good at slowly cultivating a character and in the process of allowing them grow, slowly burn their characters into our memories. These folks are terrific on terrific shows that take their time and they should have the pick of these shows (which is why Krause on Dirty Sexy Money was such a puzzler) because they clearly know how to engage a show that gives them a lot to work with week after week. These are not Movie Stars, these are working actors with a lot of talent. They can do a lot more with a strong recurring roll than they can with a secondary part in a movie. Why Hall would want to play second (or even third) fiddle to the omnipresent hack Gerard Butler is very concerning to me, as it can only mean one thing...Cable doesn't pay. <br /><br />Certainly one can't argue that the stars of shows like the Sopranos, Six Feet Under, and Dexter aren't treated like rock stars with red carpet galas marking their openings and award ceremonies etc. They are given good scripts that challenge them. They have a good Actor's Life, one that I would assume that when they were first starting off, they would have murdered for...so what is it? Its gotta be the allure of the almighty dollar. Dexter Fisher's Agent is whispering in his ear right now just as Detective John Kelly's agent did, and spreading vile rumors that its better financially to be a middling movie actor than it is to be a bonafide arthouse TV star. Those agents are probably right...so the cure for the problem is to make it not true any more...pay these guys enough so they can put the idea of the movies out of their head forever.<br /><br />I get it...Michael C. Hall is scared that he'll end up like McLean Stevenson and be stuck in boob-tube hell, playing himself on Diff'rent Strokes forever. But if the fat cats at HBO and Showtime were smart, they'd make actors like Hall happy now and happy forever. Pay him whatever he wants to keep him happy. Let him do one show for five years at a time, with three years in between...get four more shows out of him. Let him wait for the best scripts to come along. Let him do whatever he wants (but PAY him) it will do wonders for the networks, but it will also do wonders for guys like Hall who COULD go down in history as one of the best actors in history as long as he sticks to television only.Don Handsomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448844952916507647noreply@blogger.com