{"id":126,"date":"2010-06-14T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2010-06-14T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T20:19:00","slug":"edgy-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":""Edgy" Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Fraggle fans, I am trying to keep the torch lit for all of you. But we are going to have to weather a few more storms. There are some dark days ahead, my friends. Not to be too alarmist, but I am struggling to stay in control of my own movie at this point. The Weinstein Company gives me no confidence these days. Why? <\/span><\/p>\n


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For starters, they have begun the search for a new writer, presumably to rewrite my entire script from scratch. Now I’m a big boy — I can take the blow if my skills are not up to the high, high standards of the Weinstein Company (he said with too much sarcasm in his voice). But this is happening behind my back, without consulting me or even asking my opinion. I enjoy working with other writers and have no doubt that the RIGHT person could help make any script better. But to not even ask me? Adding insult to injury, the search is basically an open assignment. This means the net has been cast wide, virtually posting in the “classifieds” of the movie business. The Fraggles do not deserve such treatment.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Rest assured, I still have a deal to direct. Which means my hands WILL be on this script. That makes this move by the studio all the more baffling. Hey guys, you know what would be easier? Asking the director to help you get the script in shape, instead of running in your own circles and then showing me something later that I’ll probably hate. <\/span><\/div>\n

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“Oh, Cory, ‘hate’ is a strong word. How do you know you’re going to hate it?” I’ll tell you why.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The only overall note coming from the studio is this: “Not <\/span>edgy<\/span><\/a> enough.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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“EDGY<\/span><\/a>.” That’s the note. That’s what they are trying to do to the Fraggle Rock movie. <\/span>EDGE<\/span><\/a> it up! Let me say right now that <\/span>“edgy”<\/span><\/a> is one of my least favorite words. Since my earliest days in the client video business, <\/span>“edgy”<\/span><\/a> has been a sign of someone who doesn’t know what they want. Not only is <\/span>“edgy”<\/span><\/a> a nebulous, abstract word that means something different to everyone, but it chases the immediate whims of pop culture. WHAT is <\/span>edgy??<\/span><\/a> Faster edits? Rock music for the score? Boober wearing some gangsta bling? I have no idea. What I DO know is that the word <\/span>“edgy”<\/span><\/a> should not be anywhere near this movie.<\/span><\/div>\n

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What if “Toy Story” was <\/span>edgy?<\/span><\/a> “Toy Story” can be relevant, sharply written, and fast paced, but it has a genuine heart and sincere characters. Like “Toy Story,” Fraggle Rock’s success is not only due to it’s anti-edginess, but in its absolute DEFIANCE of all that is <\/span>edgy<\/span><\/a> and trendy and pop in this world.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I have said repeatedly that I will do my very best to make this Fraggle movie relevant and modern, to compete with everything else out there. But what I will NOT do is sabotage what made the property beloved in the first place.<\/span><\/div>\n

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“Wild Wild West”<\/span><\/a> anyone?<\/span><\/div>\n

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I thought this was all worth reporting, and to let you know that I, too, am concerned. Perhaps this will get the studio to pick up the phone and actually engage me again. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Keep the Fraggle fire burning! And while it’s burning, throw that frakking word <\/span>“edgy”<\/span><\/a> into the fire, will ya?<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fraggle fans, I am trying to keep the torch lit for all of you. But we are going to have to weather a few more storms. There are some dark days ahead, my friends. Not to be too alarmist, but I am struggling to stay in control of my own movie at this point. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}