A few months ago, Duana wrote aboutThe Good Wifeseason finale, and Kalinda/Archie Panjabi’s final episode – clickherefor a refresher. What I particularly loved about Duana’s take on it wasn’t just the analysis of Kalicia-gate (Archie and Julianna Margulies had not appeared in a scene together for 3 seasons, including the final bar scene), but that she spoke to how much the lack of interaction between the characters affected the storylines and the dramatic elements that make for good TV.
The actresses clearly have a serious problem with one another, I don’t think that’s even a question at this point, and that problem manifested itself in the writing and storylines – Alicia and Kalinda spent 3 seasons on the phone, which doesn’t make for compelling television.
Yesterday, TVLine’s Michael Ausiello, an experienced TV reporter, posted an excerpt from an interview with creators Robert and Michelle King – it is the first time they have spoken on Kalicia-gate. Ausiello has a fantastic reputation and is an authority with his scoop (he was the first to confirm that Archie and Julianna were not on set together to film that now-infamous final scene). He knows his sh-t, this is not a junket interview with a morning show.
Ausiello给Michelle和Robert一个明确的开放 - 他讲话了“房间里的大象” - 如何保持女演员身体分离的方式影响了讲故事，包括重大的死亡和Cary的愚蠢的监狱故事情节。他们的答案？
It was a treat! They love writing real-life elements into the show, like pregnancy. And they bring up the fact that season 5 was incredibly strong (it was – season 6 was not).
This was their out – their chance to show some humility and say, “Sometimes, as showrunners, we have unexpected circumstances to weave into the show. We did the best we could with everyone’s availability.” But no, they dug in their heels. It’s their livelihood, their baby, so I get that. But it wasn’t a creative gift to have two actresses feuding. Come on!
Michael then brings up their promise of a satisfying conclusion for Kalinda and how many viewers felt duped by the bar scene, which was painfully cut-and-pasted together. Robert sticks to his guns on the storytelling element, painting it all as Alicia’s journey to get over the revelation that Kalinda slept with Peter. Which happened in season 2. They appeared together in season 4 (BuzzFeed has done a great job oftracking them). But Ausiello, being a great interviewer, goes back to them to say that no, it’s not the storyline that made people feel duped, it was the execution of the storyline.
This is where the interview gets prickly. In an attempt to assure viewers that they were not duped, they double-down on their excuses. Michelle asserts that green screen is used all the time, like in car scenes. Really?! At one point, Robert says, "Just so we’re clear, Josh wasn’t really killed. We faked those gunshots.”
是的，我们知道演员并没有在现场被杀死，感谢罗伯特。我们知道，汽车并不是在繁忙的城市街上被驾驶。无需解释大话题盒的工作方式。我们认为我们明白了。
很难理解的是，为什么作为表演者，您允许这样的仇恨溃烂，以至于您不得不使用Janky Cut and Paste Technology与演出中的一位明星说再见，这是粉丝的最爱。
Robert and Michelle try to placate it by throwing back to the Will/Josh Charles storyline, which no one felt duped by. People were devastated and sad, but no one was mad at the trickery. Because it wasn’t trickery, it wasn’t physically manipulating a scene to try to skirt around an interpersonal conflict. At one point Robert says, “If there was any point where the fans maybe should’ve felt duped, it was when Josh Charles left the show.” Nice diversion tactic. Stop bringing up Will, no one is mad about the Will storyline!
但是真正吸引罗伯特·佩西的是“八卦”的想法。lol赛事中心他在采访中几次提出了这一点 - 他不会参与八卦，他不希望与八卦有关的节目，也不会进入八卦。lol赛事中心因为，什么，他的粉丝是一群笨拙的母鸡，除非他们知道每个人的秘密，否则他们无法享受表演？
Do you know what courted the gossip? The showrunners not being able to rein in two stars of the show for one single scene. By coddling and placating one (or both) of them, they let the questions bubble up and, without being able to get them on set (for one single scene!), they facilitated the gossip. And with this condescending interview, they will set it into overdrive. (I am petty so of course I would love to know what really happened, but I would have been satisfied with a good ending for Kalinda. Also, you know who else seems to kind of like the gossip?阿奇.)
But what Michelle and Robert seem so intent to avoid is the very idea of show business. Gossip is part of the game.The Good Wife在CBS上，您应该很激动的人与高级有线电视秀一样对您的关注。够了。lol赛事中心八卦不是问题The Good Wiferight now; the problem is with the way you tried to manipulate the viewers, and you still try.
米歇尔（Michelle）和罗伯特（Robert）需要从Shonda那里摘录一页，Shonda由于人际冲突和现场戏剧而不得不注销/杀死一些主要角色。Shonda没有参与其中，但她也不回避它。当她的一位演员流氓时，她并没有感到兴奋，但她处理了。毫无疑问，她是老板，如果您想住在Shondaland，最好玩得很好。如果没有，她不会为面对杀死演员面临的挑战而感到兴奋。需要，对吗？
米歇尔（Michelle）和罗伯特（Robert）被故意钝和回避，并以此为此廉价地与角色的观众关系。他们使观众因等待卡利西亚而感到愚蠢。但是有很多电视。我们中的任何一个人都可以想到我们要观看的10场演出，以及在任何给定时间都需要赶上的5场演出。那么，为什么我要花时间参加甚至无法完成酒吧场景的节目呢？
Clickhereto read the entire interview at TVLine.
