Wire writer says adverts kill TV
» By wizzy3 | the 08-29-2009 at 12:01 | 144 views (62 unique) | 1 comment | Report post!
The creator of highly-acclaimed hard-hitting TV drama The Wire has said television can only be worthwhile when freed from the constraints of advertising.
David Simon was appearing at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.
He said: "Television as a medium, in terms of being literate and telling stories, has short-changed itself since its inception.
"That is because of advertising."
/>Simon, whose work originates on US subscription cable channel HBO, said: "Only when television managed to liberate itself from the economic construct of advertising was there a real emancipation of story.
"American television up until the point of premium cable was about the interruptions every 13 minutes to sell you cars and jeans and whatever else."


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rabbyrbest1234
rabbyrbest1234
the 08-29-2009 at 13:33
IT DOES i really hate ads majority are boring and kills mood of the show

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