Monday, January 9, 2012

Systems or Relationships?

Yahoo TV has a really good article going over a blog post made by John Rogers, a co-creator of TNT's Leverage. In it, he talks about the difference between shows that are about systems (aka procedural dramas) and shows about relationships.

What he says about Rizzoli & Isles seems pretty spot on.

According to Rogers' classifications, "Rizzoli & Isles" has all the window dressing of a show about systems. "Rizzoli & Isles is an hour long police drama that almost always begins with a murder. At first glance the format of the show seems to closely mirror 'Law & Order,' the platonic example of a show about systems," according to Rogers. But first glances can be deceiving.

Read the rest here. Trust us, you'll want to see what else he said. Very interesting stuff!

No comments:

Post a Comment