Television meme day 09
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autographedcat by way of serenejournal. The idea is to answer one question a day from the list below. Today's is:
Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Hmmm. I may have to go back to the scene in Thirtysomething, that I wrote about earlier. I really should keep all these questions in mind. I find that I'm repeating myself a little and if I paid more attention, I could include more television shows as illustrations for my answers. Oh well, that's awfully organized and I'm just not in the mood. Anyway you can see the scene I'm talking about here. Again, it's the introduction of a major character to the show, Miles Drentell. Miles is the head of an rich and prestigious advertising firm that Michael and Elliott may be forced to work for. Now Elliott is on board with the idea of working for Miles. He sees it as an opportunity to work with the "big boys". Michael sees it quite differently. He really thinks it's selling out and although he's willing to because he has a family he needs to help support. His pride won't let him ask for a job.
Miles seems to think highly of Michael (so highly, that later on in the series Miles tries to apprentice Michael to become the heir apparent.) However Miles is the top dog at his advertising firm and would like to hire Michael. But only if Michael comes to him. Now the scene I like is in Miles' office. He starts by regaling Michael and Elliott with a story of Buddhist monks writing prayers on parchment that are dropped into a mold that will be used to make a Bell for the monastery. He's showing off. He talks about how they're rearranging offices at the company and finding themselves with enough space to bring on a new creative team. Then as he is pointing to the area on his blueprints where the new office will be he uses his thumb to show exactly where he wants that creative team to be right under his thumb. It's just a marvelous physicalization of the entire relationship Miles has with Michael and Elliott.
And you know, now that I've written this I can think of half a dozen other scenes that I like just as much. Oh well this will have to do.
( Here's the questions. )
autographedcat by way of serenejournal. The idea is to answer one question a day from the list below. Today's is: Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Hmmm. I may have to go back to the scene in Thirtysomething, that I wrote about earlier. I really should keep all these questions in mind. I find that I'm repeating myself a little and if I paid more attention, I could include more television shows as illustrations for my answers. Oh well, that's awfully organized and I'm just not in the mood. Anyway you can see the scene I'm talking about here. Again, it's the introduction of a major character to the show, Miles Drentell. Miles is the head of an rich and prestigious advertising firm that Michael and Elliott may be forced to work for. Now Elliott is on board with the idea of working for Miles. He sees it as an opportunity to work with the "big boys". Michael sees it quite differently. He really thinks it's selling out and although he's willing to because he has a family he needs to help support. His pride won't let him ask for a job.
Miles seems to think highly of Michael (so highly, that later on in the series Miles tries to apprentice Michael to become the heir apparent.) However Miles is the top dog at his advertising firm and would like to hire Michael. But only if Michael comes to him. Now the scene I like is in Miles' office. He starts by regaling Michael and Elliott with a story of Buddhist monks writing prayers on parchment that are dropped into a mold that will be used to make a Bell for the monastery. He's showing off. He talks about how they're rearranging offices at the company and finding themselves with enough space to bring on a new creative team. Then as he is pointing to the area on his blueprints where the new office will be he uses his thumb to show exactly where he wants that creative team to be right under his thumb. It's just a marvelous physicalization of the entire relationship Miles has with Michael and Elliott.
And you know, now that I've written this I can think of half a dozen other scenes that I like just as much. Oh well this will have to do.
( Here's the questions. )
