Can we make an American Hoe?

K here.

I know I said we were going to boycott "On the Lot" but something drew me back. Was it to see how Zach Lee fared, or was it to see the obvious train wreck the show has become?

The films this week were supposed to be "romantic comedy". Zach disappointed me, not because he's not a great director, but because his film just lack story. The guest judge this week told him they needed to hook him up with a good writer. Fair enough. Will Bigham's "Unplugged", about two desk lamps that withstand impossible obstacles to fall in love was the best for me. The rest? Forgettable.

And I say "Forgettable" not because I want to be mean, or because my work is a thousand times better---but it's making me a little mad that there doesn't seem to Adbe much evolution going on, here. None at all. They have it easy--all the perks of working with TALENTED actors, a budget, and professional equiptment, yet they can't sit down and create a short film that actually says something?

*sigh*

I want them to succeed---I really do. But at the same time, I'm worried that another group of good ol' boys are going to march into Hollywood as if they own it, while women, and people of color are going to have to work a thousand times harder to break the barrier. Shalini Kantayya has beautiful vision---and even though she's been On The Lot, she'll probably never have it as easy as that Brit who got kicked off the first episode...

Adriana Costa was the same--short dress, bland lines, although her comment to the boys of "You all look sharp, I must say." followed by a halfway stifled laugh was a new low.

I've got to give it up to Spielburg and Burnett, though. About halfway through the show, Adriana goes up into the control booth. There, she says something along the lines of, "We just wanted to show America how much work it takes to make a live show." Ha! Well played.

And just so this post won't end up negative:

Steven Spielburg
Duel (1971)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
1941 (1979) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
The Color Purple (1985)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Hook (1991)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Amistad (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
Minority Report (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Terminal (2004)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Munich (2005)
Indiana Jones 4 (2008)

Mark Burnett
Survivor
The Apprentice
The Restaurant
The Casino
Rock Star
Combat Missions
The Contender
Martha Stewart
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Pirate Master