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" Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium. "
Dan Harmon
Democratic
Television
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" Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy. "
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" I don't really have a lot of appropriate feelings for people on an individual basis, but I've always wanted to make people happy. "
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" I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass. "
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" Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you. "
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" When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn't take your business elsewhere. "
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" I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves. "
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" I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories. "
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" I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists. "
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