๐ง โฆ theyโre not โgood peopleโ!! Theyโve never been!!
By: Sherif Shaffie, Strategic Communications Advisory, from LinkedIn โฆ
โ๐๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฐ, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป & ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ด๐๐ฝ๐. ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ด ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ต-๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐:
๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐, ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
๐ง๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ.๐ฆ.
๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป
๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ "๐จ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ" ๐ผ๐ฟ "๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐".
๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐
๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ด ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ โ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒโ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป '๐๐น๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ', ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐๐ & ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐พ๐ถ ๐๐ฒ๐๐.
๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ โ ๐ต๐ฑ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐พ โ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ต.โ โฆ ๐ง
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SLY #sly #synonym #ingles #cunning #subtle #crafty #artful #wily #antonym #open #frank #artless #undesigning #portugues #manhoso #astuto #sutil #astuto #astuto #astuto #dissimulado
SLY #sly #synonym #ingles #cunning #subtle #crafty #artful #wily #antonym #open #frank #artless #undesigning #portugues #manhoso #astuto #sutil #astuto #astuto #astutoย #dissimulado
Inglรชs: Sly
Synonyms
Cunning, subtle, crafty, artful, wily, underhanded, astute, stealthy.
Antonyms
Open, frank, artless, undesigning.
Portuguรชs: Manhoso
Astuto, sutil, astuto, astuto, astuto, dissimulado, astuto, furtivo
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I need people to understand how S&P (standards and practices) works in television and how much influence they have over what gets to stay IN an episode of a show and how the big time network execs are the ones holding the purse strings and making final decisions on a show's content, not the writers / showrunners / creatives involved.
So many creators have shared S&P notes over the years of the wild and nonsensical things networks wanted them to omit / change / forbid. Most famously on tumblr, I've seen it so many times, is the notes from Gravity Falls. But here's a post compiling a bunch of particularly bad ones from various networks too. Do you see the things they're asking to be changed / cut ?
Now imagine, anything you want to get into your show and actually air has to get through S&P and the network execs. A lot of creators have had to resort to underhanded methods. A lot of creators have had to relegate things to subtext and innuendo and scenes that are "open to interpretation" instead of explicit in meaning. Things have had to be coded and symbolized. And they're relying on their audience to be good readers, good at media literacy, to notice and get it. This stuff isn't the ramblings of conspiracy theorists, it's the true practices creatives have had to use to be able to tell diverse stories for ages. The Hays Code is pretty well known, it exists because of censorship. It was a way to symbolize certain things and get past censors.
Queercoding, in particular, has been used for ages in both visual media and literature do signal to queer audiences that yes, this character is one of us, but no, we can't be explicit about it because TPTB won't allow it. It's a wink-wink, nudge-nudge to those in the know. It's the deliberate use of certain queer imagery / clothing / mannerisms / phrases / references to other queer media / subtle glances and lingering touches. Things that offer plausible deniability and can be explained away or go unnoticed by straight audiences to get past those network censors. But that queer viewers WILL (hopefully) pick up on.
Because, unfortunately, still to this day, a lot of antiquated network execs don't think queer narratives are profitable. They don't think they'll appeal to general audiences, because that's what matters, whatever appeals to most of the audience demographic so they can keep watching and keep making the network more money. The networks don't care about telling good stories! Most of them are old white cishet business men, not creatives. They don't care about character arcs and what will make fans happy. They don't care about storytelling. What they care about is profit and they're basing their ideas of what's profitable on what they believe is the predominate target demographic, usually white cis heterosexual audiences.
So, imagine a show that started airing in the early 2000s. Imagine a show where the two main characters are based on two characters from a famous Beat Generation novel, where one of the characters is queer! based on a real like bisexual man! The creator is aware of this, most definitely. And sure, it's 2005, there's no way they were thinking of making that explicit about Dean in the text because it just wouldn't fly back then to have a main character be queer. But! it's made subtext. And there are nods to that queerness placed in the text. Things that are open to interpretation. Things that are drenched in metaphor (looking at you 1x06 Skin "I know I'm a freak" "maybe this thing was born human but was different...hated. Until he learned to become someone else.") Things that are blink-and-you-miss-it and left to plausible deniability (things like seemingly spending an hour in the men's bathroom, or always reacting a little vulnerable and awkward when you're clocked instead of laughing it off and making a homophobic joke abt it)
And then, years later there's a ship! It's popular and at first the writers aren't really seriously thinking about it but they'll throw the fans a bone here and there. Then, some writers do get on the destiel train and start actively writing scenes for them that are suggestive. And only a fraction of what they write actually makes it into the text. So many lines left on the cutting room floor: i love past you. i forgive you i love you. i lost cas and it damn near broke me. spread cas's ashes alone. of course i wanted you to stay. if cas were here. -- etc. Everything cut was not cut by the writers! Why would a writer write something to then sabotage their own story and cut it? No, these are things that didn't make it past the network. Somewhere a note was made maybe "too gay" or "don't feed the shippers" or simply "no destiel."
So, "no destiel." That's pretty clearly the message we got from the CW for years. "No destiel. Destiel will alienate our general audience. Two of our main characters being queer? And in a relationship? No way." So what can the pro-destiel creatives involved do, if the network is saying no? What can the writers do if most of their explicit destiel (or queer dean) lines / moments are getting cut? Relegate things to subtext. Make jokes that straight people can wave off but queer people can read into. Make costuming and set design choices that the hardcore fans who are already looking will notice while the general audience and the out-of-touch network execs won't blink and eye at (I'm looking at you Jerry and your lamps and disappearing second nightstands and your gay flamingo bar!)
And then, when the audience asks, "is destiel real? is this proof of destiel?" what can the creatives do but deny? Yes, it hurts, to be told "No no I don't know what you're talking about. There's no destiel in supernatural" a la "there is no war in Ba Sing Se" but! if the network said "no destiel!" and you and your creative team have been working to keep putting destiel in the subtext of the narrative in a way that will get past censors, you can't just go "Yes, actually, all that subtext and symbolism you're picking up, yea it's because destiel is actually in the narrative."
But, there's a BIG difference between actively putting queer themes and subtext into the narrative and then saying it's not there (but it is! and the audience sees it!) versus NOT putting any queer content into the text but SAYING it is there to entice queer fans to continue watching. The latter, is textbook queerbaiting. The former? Is not. The former is the tactics so many creatives have had to use for years, decades, centuries, to get past censorship and signal to those in the know that yea, characters like you are here, they exist in this story.
Were the spn writers perfect? No, absolutely not. And I don't think every instance of queer content was a secret signal. Some stuff, depending on the writer, might've been a period-typical gay joke. These writers are flawed. But it's no secret that there were pro-destiel writers in the writing room throughout the years, and that efforts were made to make it explicitly canon (the market research!)
So no, the writers weren't ever perfect or a homogeneous entity. But they definitely were fighting an uphill battle constantly for 15 yrs against S&P and network execs with antiquated ideas of what's profitable / appealing.
Spn even called out the networks before, on the show, using a silly example of complaints abt the lighting of the show and how dark the early seasons were. Brightening the later seasons wasn't a creative choice, but a network choice. And if the networks can complain abt and change something as trivial as the lighting of a show, they definitely are having a hand in influencing the content of the show, especially queer content.
Even in s15, (seasons fifteen!!!) Misha has said he worried Castiel's confession would not air. In 2020!!! And Jensen recorded that scene on his personal phone! Why? Sure, for the memories. But also, I do not doubt for a second that part of it was for insurance, should the scene mysteriously disappear completely. We've seen the finale script. We've seen the omitted omitted omitted scenes. We all saw how they hacked the confession scene to bits. The weird cuts and close-ups. That's not the writers doing. That's likely not even the editors (willingly). That's orders from on high. All of the fuckery we saw in s15 reeks of network interference. Writers are not trying to sabotage their own stories, believe me.
Anyways, TLDR: Networks have a lot more power than many think and they get final say in what makes it to air. And for years creative teams have had to find ways to get past network censorship if they want "banned" or "unapproved" "unprofitable" "unwanted" content to make it into the show. That means relying on techniques like symbolism, subtext, and queercoding, and then shutting up about it. Denying its there, saying it's all "open to interpretation" all while they continue to put that open to interpretation content into the show. And that's not queerbaiting, as frustrating as it might be for queer audiences to be told that what they're seeing isn't there, it's still not queerbaiting. Queerbaiting is a marketing technique to draw in queer fans by baiting them with the promise of queer content and then having no queer content in said media. But if you are picking up on queer themes / subtext / symbolism / coding that is in front of your face IN the text, that's not queerbaiting. It's there, covertly, for you, because someone higher up didn't want it to be there explicitly or at all.
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So, basically, Disney is demanding writer-producers do the writing work which is necessary during post-production, even though their union is explicitly forbidding them to do this during the strike.
In the email shown in the article, Disney admits that writer-producers who do this might be fined by the WGA. There is no sign that Disney is sympathetic to this or willing to pick up the cost of those fines. They also hint that while they donโt want to replace someone to stands by the strike and refuses to do such duties, it is a possibility.
I have to love the line about being coerced by the WGA. The letter is an exercise is coercion, carrying with it the message, โDo what we say or you may lose your show.โ
This is only the first item like this. Expect more to becoming
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