What Will Happen in Season 4?
An article in The Hollywood Reporter about Showtime held interesting tidbits about what we might see in Season 4.
The article was cut and pasted into the "General news about QAF" board at QAFTalk. (A subdirectory of the QAF Events and General News category. I'd link the article but have no idea why directly linking to pictures, etc. is a bad thing, so I shall timidly refrain from linking this as well!)
ETA: The post at QAFTalk says the article was in The Advocate, but Jayemarie was kind enough to post a link to the whole article which attributes it to The Hollywood Reporter.
From The Hollywood Reporter: After experiencing the TV equivalent of a one-night stand, Folk is now going a more respectable route in hopes of a long-term relationship with viewers. The upcoming season will feature more story lines highlighting the maturation of the characters, shifting focus from the perils of promiscuity to the complexities of relationships. Showtime will support Folk with a new marketing campaign that will spend millions more than it did last season.
To hear Showtime tell it, the changes are not an intentional outreach to a broader audience but an organic outgrowth of the Folk narrative. But Greenblatt acknowledged that less clubbing and more cuddling will appeal to more viewers. "I'm hoping the stories will be seen as a bit more universal," he said. "A lot of people look at the show and think it's a crazy gay sex club show, but it's not." Folk won't stray too far from its raunchy roots either; that would risk alienating not only its core fan base of gay men but straight women who enjoy the series' steamy side. "Folk will still be sexy and audacious," Greenblatt said. "We're not turning into The Brady Bunch."
Another tidbit suggests that perhaps this won't be QAF's final season.
Adding to the pressure is the impending departure of several other Showtime series, including The Chris Isaak Show and Food, which end this year after their third and fifth seasons, respectively. "I don't want to look to next year to launch a whole new slate," Greenblatt said. "You need carryover and stability."
Part of me now kind of wants to avoid spoilers because I'm curious to see how this will all pan out.
But I'm weak and somewhat gluttonous and impatient and addicted to instant gratification, so it simply won't happen.
The article was cut and pasted into the "General news about QAF" board at QAFTalk. (A subdirectory of the QAF Events and General News category. I'd link the article but have no idea why directly linking to pictures, etc. is a bad thing, so I shall timidly refrain from linking this as well!)
ETA: The post at QAFTalk says the article was in The Advocate, but Jayemarie was kind enough to post a link to the whole article which attributes it to The Hollywood Reporter.
From The Hollywood Reporter: After experiencing the TV equivalent of a one-night stand, Folk is now going a more respectable route in hopes of a long-term relationship with viewers. The upcoming season will feature more story lines highlighting the maturation of the characters, shifting focus from the perils of promiscuity to the complexities of relationships. Showtime will support Folk with a new marketing campaign that will spend millions more than it did last season.
To hear Showtime tell it, the changes are not an intentional outreach to a broader audience but an organic outgrowth of the Folk narrative. But Greenblatt acknowledged that less clubbing and more cuddling will appeal to more viewers. "I'm hoping the stories will be seen as a bit more universal," he said. "A lot of people look at the show and think it's a crazy gay sex club show, but it's not." Folk won't stray too far from its raunchy roots either; that would risk alienating not only its core fan base of gay men but straight women who enjoy the series' steamy side. "Folk will still be sexy and audacious," Greenblatt said. "We're not turning into The Brady Bunch."
Another tidbit suggests that perhaps this won't be QAF's final season.
Adding to the pressure is the impending departure of several other Showtime series, including The Chris Isaak Show and Food, which end this year after their third and fifth seasons, respectively. "I don't want to look to next year to launch a whole new slate," Greenblatt said. "You need carryover and stability."
Part of me now kind of wants to avoid spoilers because I'm curious to see how this will all pan out.
But I'm weak and somewhat gluttonous and impatient and addicted to instant gratification, so it simply won't happen.