24 creator and self-described
"right-wing nutjob" Joel Surnow won't be
returning to the show post-writer's strike. There have been all
kinds of whispers about
liberal navel-gazing replacing torture as the show's
untreatable narrative tick--although, if you're like me, liberal
navel-gazing is torture and the show should
still work.
At any rate, now seems as good a time as any to point readers to
Phil
Klein's piece on an enlightening afternoon with Surnow.
Meanwhile, my bit on the writer's strike that apparently set off
this counter-revolution lives here.
topics:
Hollywood
