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The Futurama Episode That Set The Show's Writers Free From Fox's Terrible Notes (www.slashfilm.com)

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Fox seemingly hated Futurama and loaded the creative team with production notes, so the creators opted for a bit of malicious compliance.

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[–] falsem@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

This may seem like a rather quotidian story

Bro must have broken out a thesaurus for that one.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I know, right? “Writers SLAM network!” would have been so much better. I mean… who needs quality writing in journalism anymore?

[–] falsem@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Or he could have just said "mundane". Can do without the purple prose.

[–] pragmakist@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Kids will never learn Purple if no-one uses it around them.

Remember: Kiss stands for Keep Ignoramusses Stupid, Son.

[–] Pepsi@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

if you study film and/or acting, ‘quotidian’ is a pretty run-of-the-mill term. ‘mundane’ has connotations that don’t fit.

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