RTA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Western Kid, Urban Sprawl
9 Sep 2018
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Deals with issues through allegory (e. g. a "fallen woman" in gunsmoke, or racism in. Tv version had sheriff as more approachable, leader. Half an hour b and w to hour b and w to color. Tv more acceptable than the radio shows. Sitcoms started to deal with more social issues (in the 1970"s) Drama also did this after a while. Westerns often dealt with fairly simple issues. La urban sprawl resulted in more production costs because of travelling to a remote location. Most expensive pilot filmed at the time. Not popular at the time, but popular in syndication. 50% of audience watched at the time. Way paved by star trek, battlestar galactica. Has ultimate power to make creative choices. Hires writers to run shows for him. Made money, and spent it for the productions. Made social comments on the justice system. Lives (and sex lives) of the rich and famous. Originally the popularity of the bond books.
