From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V7 #146 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Saturday, December 15 2007 Volume 07 : Number 146 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [chakram-refugees] Re: [Flawless] Interview with Rob Tapert [cr Subject: [chakram-refugees] Re: [Flawless] Interview with Rob Tapert On Thursday 13 December 2007 15:28, KTL wrote: > Fascinating interview with Rob on one of the Xena lists. Here's a link > that I ripped off of Mary D's fabulous site. > > http://p071.ezboard.com/ftalkingxenafrm3.showMessage?topicID=12971.topic > > KT > Yeah, really excellent interview. Stashed on my hard drive! One thing I haven't seen stated anywhere before and particularly noticed (OK, I'll admit it, because it supports arguments I've made in the past) was Rob's description of the writing process and how it was some people's names ended up with writing credits and others didn't - it seems to have been very much an ad-hoc decision on each occasion. I've always thought reading too much into the writing credits (no pun intended!) as exemplified by the 'Steve Sears good, Orci&Kurtzmann bad' type of argument was grossly oversimplifying things. Another interesting thing I noticed - "Early on in the series of XENA, there were discussions about adding another woman character so that they would be a trio. Ephiny in Hooves and Harlots was to be the new addition. However, by the time that episode aired, we all had so fallen for Reneebs portrayal of Gabrielle that we didnbt want to diminish her or, heaven forbid, put her in a position to kill her off. Although not a conscious thought, what happened is we evolved Gabrielle to fill the role that Ephiny would have played." Hmmm. I would have loved to see that! There would have been some interesting sparks between Ephiny and Xena, I think. (And no, I don't mean the romantic sort, either :) cr ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V7 #146 **************************************