You started as a writer for TV, and that is a group process, if I understand it right?
CK: It is, at least situation comedy writing in the US is in a group. I don't know about the dramas, I never did that, I think it might be more individual. But yeah, you sit in a room with a bunch of other comedy writers and you pitch jokes. The first job I got I didn't say a word for 6 weeks and every day I would go home and think that I was going to get fired that day. I was so scared and so shy and so inhibited-- I mean it's a competition, you know, because you are vying for the affection of your boss, who is your dad, really, in this situation. So it's really weird and some of those writers rooms are really scary. And you know, that older brother that you hate because your dad likes him more...
CK: It is, at least situation comedy writing in the US is in a group. I don't know about the dramas, I never did that, I think it might be more individual. But yeah, you sit in a room with a bunch of other comedy writers and you pitch jokes. The first job I got I didn't say a word for 6 weeks and every day I would go home and think that I was going to get fired that day. I was so scared and so shy and so inhibited-- I mean it's a competition, you know, because you are vying for the affection of your boss, who is your dad, really, in this situation. So it's really weird and some of those writers rooms are really scary. And you know, that older brother that you hate because your dad likes him more...
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Officials have issued an urgent warning about the "serious risks" of art, adding fuel to a growing public health crisis around the safety of "work".
A Californian health chief has claimed that anyone who uses critical theory is exposing themselves to 10 known carcinogens.
He produced a report which found that artists are a "community heath threat".
Any teenager who uses a paintbrush faces a risk of harming their BRAIN development, claimed Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health.
“Art supplies contain nicotine and other harmful chemicals, and the nicotine in them is as addictive as the nicotine in cigarettes," said Dr Chapman.
“There is a lot of misinformation about art. That is why, as the state’s health officer, I am advising Californians to avoid the employment of artists and keep them away from children of all ages.”
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