Shasha Seminar Part III: From the Page to the Screen
Despite what the last two posts might have you believe, the Shasha Seminar at Wesleyan University was not entirely about Joss Whedon. No, it was about how movies and tv go from an idea in some writer’s head to something that you and I watch (and then blog about).
On Saturday morning, we all listened [...]
Joss Whedon and Mark Harris: Getting art and commerce to finally hook up
This weekend at the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns at Wesleyan University, I was lucky enough to hear from some of the biggest movers and shakers in the entertainment business.
The weekend kicked off with Mark Harris, critic and author, who spoke about the need for both the producers and the consumers of media to raise [...]
Movies, TV and Finding Your “Strange”
I’m about to go get a good night of sleep before the last day of the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns, a weekend seminar at Wesleyan University that has a completely different theme every year, and draws a wide variety of speakers to the campus. This year the theme is “Defining American Culture: How [...]
