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“Danny [Strong] and I wrote the finale script together, then sent the script to Lee [Daniels] for him to weigh in and collaborate. And he said, ‘There’s got to be a catfight.’ I’m loath to call it a catfight, but he loves those conventions, and then I realized that that moment was just sitting right there in front of us, and so, of course, we’re going to take it. She’s not going to get back up.’ [Laughs] So we played it that way… Some of the dialogue was ADR. I wrote a menu up of some things that they might say, but we asked both actresses to just go for it. ‘Take this as a template. If this is all you want to say, that’s fine.’ But I heard Grace improv that line, ‘Who’s Boo Boo Kitty now, bitch?’ And I was just so happy.”
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'The L Word': All grown up
Isn’t it a trip when you suddenly realize that one of your favorite TV shows has gone and grown up without your permission? I hunkered down onto my couch last night to watch the season premiere of The L Word and found myself gaping wildly — not so much at Katherine Moennig’s scarily skinny body — but at the fact that we’ve already reached year 4 of Showtime’s maddening lesbian drama.
I say “maddening” because, well, that’s part of the bargain we L Word fans have made since the show’s lush, groundbreaking premiere in January 2004. I shuddered at Queer as Folk, but oh, how I’ve grown to love creator Ilene Chaiken’s take on L.A. lesbian life in the new millennium, even if the past two seasons suffered from a raft of idiotic storylines (Mark’s hidden-camera antics, the ludicrous Carmen/Shane wedding, Angelica’s kidnapping, Max’s testosterone-fueled temper tantrums, Jenny and the paper dollies) that nearly derailed the show and alienated a sizable chunk of fans.
Based on last night’s premiere, though, we’re slithering back toward the frisky, creative chutzpah of the show’s inaugural season. I’m saving my thoughts on the Bette/Tina feud for another posting because I want to use this space today to posit a theory. I believe The L Word