Rather better, maybe, considering the poor performance of
both Cromwell's CITIZEN BAINES, now cancelled, and Dreyfus's
THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD, being retooled to make it
blander and, the network hopes, less off-putting. Probably
soon cancelled, as a result.
The Hub of the Universe, is, of course, the whole city of
Boston. TM
-----Original Message----- From: Carrie Pruett [mailto:
pruettc@hotmail.com]
Kevin wrote:
>Well, if the Hub is the sort of Cambridge/downtown
Boston axis, that's
> >where I was.
I think the Hub is a nickname for Boston as a whole, though
I'm not sure.
>. The show's page on www.imdb.com has one fan's
theory on why that was,
>because America wasn't ready to see a Strong Black
Man as the lead in a
>series. He makes a pretty good argument.
Kevin wrote:
>An even better argument, though, is that the show
just wasn't that >strong.
Good point and one that I meant to make in my post on the
subject. I think the issue is much less with audiences being
unwilling to accept such a series as the people who actually
develop the shows not developing quality material, probably
partly out of preconceived notions about what an
audience
will "accept." Any doubt that, say, Samuel L. Jackson, who's
a huge box office draw, is every bit as capable of carrying a
TV series as, say, Richard Dreyfuss or James Cromwell?
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