Last Two Episodes The Best.
The last two episodes of The Chair were the best of the series. They were also dumbfounding. Shane continued to come across as pompous ass and not someone who I would ever want to work with on anything. The one meeting he had with the producers he continued to act like a child. Obviously Shane has never had a real job where he has to sit down with bosses and colleagues in a meeting. If he had he would know you don't act like that and you don't say, ya I didn't read this stuff we are talking about. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT IS! A normal job he would be fired on the spot.
It was really clear after seeing all the episodes of The Chair that the producers wanted Shane's fans for the ratings and the tickets sales but didn't want him to win. Maybe at the beginning they hoped he would make a good movie but when it turned out to be dog *beep* and knew with his fans they would be forced to give him $250K. Kind of backfired in their faces. I guess that is why the one producer, Dodson, wrote this: http://www.thewrap.com/why-hollidaysburg-should-win-starzs-the-chair-g uest-blog/
The part that jumped out to me was this:
"One can reference “Superbad” and “American Pie” all they want, but “Not Cool” doesn't stand up to those comparisons. Not even close. I can't tell if Shane knows better? Or thinks that his film is funnier than it is? Or that he is genuinely trapped and thus resigned to pandering to a fan base for which his content in the movie and online is, frankly, wildly inappropriate for."
Yes, it was really really weird to see such young girls in the last episode sitting in a theater watching Not Cool. I noticed one kid held their ticket up and it said "NR" for not rated. So I guess this was the only way they could get his fan base to see the movie. I wonder if their parents knew or even cared their 10 year old kids were watching a hard R or NC-17 movie if it had been rated? I am really surprised this was not more of an issue. The only mention of it anywhere is in the above article.
It was really odd too how his fans only seem to care about him. They came out in droves if he made a personal appearance at a show time. But theaters showing his movie at other times were completely empty. So these ten year old girls are obsessed and crying over him but could care less about seeing his movie? Just weird.
This was an interesting series and I hope they continue to do more shows like this. Albeit with maybe a bigger budget so they can hire known actors and hire directors who aren't total douchebags. share