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Dissapointed with the fact that Maron barely writes his own show.

posted 9 years ago by hugomelo600
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I am still in the first season of the show, and while I'm finding the show a funny and interesting one, It kind of bothers me that the show isn't written by Maron himself. Altough it's clear that the show is loosely based on stuff that happenned to Maron in real life, the writing itself is not by Maron. I would be fine with that if Maron could act, but, funny as he often is, he isn't exactly an acomplished actor. Actors like Louis C.K. and Larry David are mediocre actors, but they merit being the star of a show becuase they write them - they are in it in full, whereas Maron has the feel of being a bit of a vanity project. It doesn't help that the themes Maron cover and the take it has on them are far from new or particularly creative.
I am still going to watch the rest of the show, though, as it's funny. But I do feel somewhat dissapointed with the fact that he can't be bothered to do the writing on the show (oe at least, co-writing it).

[–] Sluggr-3 9 years ago

Season 4 was probably the best take on the reality of substance abuse recovery that has been done on TV. The only sugar coating was on the doughnuts his sponsor was constantly eating.

My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2

[–] jnatch 8 years ago

the ending was so sugar coated youll get diabetes watching

[–] doggie_rodriguez 8 years ago

I am still going to watch the rest of the show, though, as it's funny. But I do feel somewhat dissapointed with the fact that he can't be bothered to do the writing on the show (oe at least, co-writing it).

It's hard to do everything on a show. Being the lead actor alone is very difficult. If you throw in writing it becomes much more time consuming. I've done it. It sucks.

[–] hugomelo600 8 years ago

I imagine it would be very hard and time consuming and I don't know what kind of deadlines and obligations he had towards IFC per season, but he writes one episode per season tops. it strikes me as odd that a show that claims to present a slightly fictinalized version of a real person, who furthermore constantly rants about integrity, "selling out" and tropes in all kinds of media would opt for having other people write most of the show instead of Maron himself. I mean, isn't it a bit hypocritical to take such a smug stance towards other shows and creative bankrupcy in all kinds of media and create a show that uses a whole lot of tropes of the "angry neurotic unsatisfied middle-aged jewish comedian who nevertheless bangs way younger chicks" type and has some other people write it?
I mean, people like Louis Ck and Larry David pull it off - they write all their episodes (in CK's case he even directs, edits and soundtracks most of his show).
I don't want to come across as overly critical, as I do like the show - it has plenty of strong points - but I can't help thinking that it's creative choices hardly merit such a smug and even pretentious stance towards other formats and tropes.