Podcast 40 - Diego Molano
Added 2024-07-01 14:43:49 +0000 UTCDiego created Victor and Valentino, which ran for three seasons on Cartoon Network. I started working on the show when he asked me to design the opening title sequence. I stayed on as the timing supervisor, then wrote and directed an episode for the third season. We talk about his experience developing, pitching and show running an original series.
https://www.diegomolanoartist.com/
I voice my usual gripe about the horrible trend of focusing on backstory in contemporary narrative media. The Oxford English dictionary cites the word's first appearance in 1982.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/back-story_n?tl=true
The graph on this page charts the skyrocketing usage of the term and concept since 1800. Nothing all the way till 1982, then shooting like a meteor with no end in sight. Alarming.
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Fascinating to hear about Diego's early life. I've heard comedians cite a similar motive (safety) as their reason for taking up comedy. Nobody picks on the kid in class who makes everybody laugh. CN's priorities sound terrible: almost a parody of misguided short-term thinking. They want to focus the company on around mega-popular Adventure Time-level shows while killing the process that will give them the next Adventure Time.
Coagulopath
2024-07-02 02:43:14 +0000 UTCThese haven’t been updating to the podcast feed have they?
J.P. McD.
2024-07-01 23:35:55 +0000 UTC
