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The Bafta-winning screenwriter says audiences like clever shows - and has some advice for those hoping to follow in his footsteps
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Tom Cole
5:12 PM, 21 May 2012
Steven Moffat has hit out at viewers who claim his TV series are too complicated, suggesting they are “fairly stupid people”.
He also insisted that audiences enjoy cleverly written programmes and refused to apologise for his work being intellectually demanding.
Speaking to Bafta, the writer said: “There’s been a weird backlash among, I presume, fairly stupid people about the fact the shows [Doctor Who and Sherlock] are complicated and clever, but they’re both huge international hits.
“We make no apology. Don’t expect to do the ironing; sit down, pay attention and think about it. Audiences like complexity. They follow intricately plotted soap operas all the time. It depresses me when people say, ‘It’s all far too clever.’”
Moffat, who recently won Best Writer at the Bafta Craft Awards, also had some advice for any aspiring screenwriters eager to follow in his footsteps.
“Just write,” he said. “The big break is easy if you’re good enough. I hear people saying, ‘I’m desperate to write – I’ve written this script.’ And I want to say: ‘Why haven’t you written 50 scripts?’
“The first 50 will be s*** and so will the next 50 and probably the 50 after that. You have to write all the time and not worry so much about going to the right parties or the contacts you have in the business – they’re completely irrelevant.
“And stop badgering people for advice because there almost is none – if you write a truly brilliant script, it will get on the telly.”The 50-year-old is due to receive Bafta’s Special Award this weekend at the Bafta TV Awards for his outstanding creative writing contribution to television.
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额,题目漏了
Steven Moffat: people who call Sherlock and Doctor Who too complex are "presumably fairly stupid"
2012年05月22日 13点05分
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额,题目的意思好像是魔法特说那些说神夏和DW很复杂的人很蠢,之前理解错了好像。同渣英文求翻译啊!!
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额,该网站另一篇新闻,这次是bc的,不知有没有发过
Sherlock in the US: “It was like the Beatles coming to America”US broadcaster PBS shares the stateside buzz on Benedict Cumberbatch and the “smart, funny, sexy” British show
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“He’s certainly a rising star in America, there’s no doubt,” says Wilson of Cumberbatch. “He’s in the ascendancy in popular culture here - I think a huge amount of [Sherlock’s popularity] is Benedict's appeal – and when you combine that with this wonderfully updated take on the classics of Arthur Conan Doyle, that’s a great combination, and certainly a very strong combination for our audience.”
What about the other big name behind the show? Does co-creator Steven Moffat’s involvement lend weight for a US audience?
“Absolutely,” says Wilson. “That connection to the writer of the modern incarnation of Doctor Who absolutely helps. PBS is the place where American audiences first got their Whovian fix [during the 1970s and 80s].”
BBC America has now laid claim to Doctor Who in the States but with US audiences clamouring for a third series of Sherlock just as they were over here, do PBS viewers have reason to be hopeful?
“My fingers are crossed that our people at Masterpiece [the PBS strand that showcases the cream of British drama] have already secured that and are ready to bring it home,” reveals Wilson. “My one regret is that they’re only making three episodes at a time.” And that's just one more thing US and UK Sherlock fans can agree on...
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同是英语渣的看了,表示不是很懂啊……大概就是说魔法特说那些觉得夏洛克很复杂的人可以说比较笨,其实它并不复杂,只是人们常常看那些无聊的肥皂剧而不能接受复杂的……
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and yes he sings sings sings……
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英语渣无力飘过,同等翻译中~~~
话说一大早好困啊啊啊
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