Last night, Marshall Herskovitz brought a new pilot script into my ongoing workshop.Marshall co-created “thirtysomething” and “Once and Again,” wrote The Last Samarai and produced Blood Diamond. Getting critiqued by him – and eventually “borrowing” his ideas on acting and direction for my next film – kinda feels like stealing coins off a dead man's eyes. I approve that theft.
I can’t mention much about the pilot, except that it has the true feel of suburban life that made “thirtysomething” so unique. Then again, “The Real Housewives of Tallahassee” does capture that authenticity. I mean, they couldn’t legally put “real” in the title if it didn’t, right?
