The Good Wife's definitely gone downhill. For starters, less Diane! I'm in it till the bitter end, though. As a mostly-procedural, it can't go too wrong when there's an interesting case. It just doesn't fire on as many character and long-term arc cylinders.
Ha! I was thinking about Arya's and Sally's similarities once I started the post. (If I'd picked Cersei, it'd be about Cersei's and Atia of the Julii's deeper similarities.) I love them. Matt Weiner made a comment the other day that if he was doing to a spin-off of MM, it'd be about Sally because of all the characters, that's who he's really interested in how she ends up and that's all down to Kiernan. And I agree. It's really a tall order for a small child to end up as one of or the most interesting character on an emphatically adult TV show like MM or Game of Thrones. It's partly the writing- but I think I give most credit to how Maisie and Kiernan are prodigies. I mean, Arya is great in the books too- or at least the first one that I read. However, I think it's a reality that books lend themselves more to children's story than film/TV. That's certainly the case for Bran. In part because child actors aren't as experienced, but also because of the rules and gymnastics on how to direct a child in a grown-up show. Like how Kiernan wasn't allowed to watch MM until like just before S7 aired because she was too young so she was operating without context on the other scenes. And because children usually don't take part in the visual salacious appeal- and it's groundbreaking that Arya is in such bloody scenes and Sally is in such sexual scenes.
Speaking of spinoff, Emily is who I'm most interested in seeing in the revival. That played a role in why she beat Lorelai and Rory today.
Ha! I was thinking about Arya's and Sally's similarities once I started the post. (If I'd picked Cersei, it'd be about Cersei's and Atia of the Julii's deeper similarities.) I love them. Matt Weiner made a comment the other day that if he was doing to a spin-off of MM, it'd be about Sally because of all the characters, that's who he's really interested in how she ends up and that's all down to Kiernan. And I agree. It's really a tall order for a small child to end up as one of or the most interesting character on an emphatically adult TV show like MM or Game of Thrones. It's partly the writing- but I think I give most credit to how Maisie and Kiernan are prodigies. I mean, Arya is great in the books too- or at least the first one that I read. However, I think it's a reality that books lend themselves more to children's story than film/TV. That's certainly the case for Bran. In part because child actors aren't as experienced, but also because of the rules and gymnastics on how to direct a child in a grown-up show. Like how Kiernan wasn't allowed to watch MM until like just before S7 aired because she was too young so she was operating without context on the other scenes. And because children usually don't take part in the visual salacious appeal- and it's groundbreaking that Arya is in such bloody scenes and Sally is in such sexual scenes.
Speaking of spinoff, Emily is who I'm most interested in seeing in the revival. That played a role in why she beat Lorelai and Rory today.
Always Willow = <3
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