Comments on: Replying with the Enemy: Showrunners on Twitter II http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: Twitter’s TV Wars (The Daily Beast) | News http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-47158 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:02:46 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-47158 […] before the first season of Community, Harmon has been enmeshed in a public feud with Twitter user Gwynth Alcopoz, a.k.a. “Gwynnifer.” Sample exchanges from Gwynnifer to Harmon […]

]]> By: Boob Tube Dude » Damon Lindelof, “Harry Potter,” “Lost,” and fandom http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-43646 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:15:46 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-43646 […] of bidrectionality in terms of the relationship between fan and show. When a Lindelof or a Dan Harmon or a Hart Hanson can control this illusion, using it to their advantage to engender an even more […]

]]> By: [Dailies] Twitter showrunners, Sprint laughs, Fight Club viral - Blog – FWD:labs http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-42136 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:13:47 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-42136 […] "Replying with the Enemy — Showrunners on Twitter — Part 2"Showrunner Dan Harmon of "Community" tweets, even with his critics. Also check out Part 1. (Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin — Madison) […]

]]> By: Blah http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-42121 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:07:46 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-42121 Unfollow the guy, he doesn’t really care about it, I’m sure someone will RT the stuff you like (@community_tv is basically a filter)

And call me crazy but I think: “If you said something bad in the last 12 hours: poop face. If you said good things: thanks. Humanity: uncomplicated since 500 billion BC.” is better than a “I’m sorry you didn’t like the show, I will do everything I can in order to please the fans” type of message, I’ve seen a lot of showrunners reply like that to criticism (Note: I’m talking about the fans that like to boss around the showrunners and tell them what they have to do) and frankly, It’s refreshing to go to his twitter page and see him fucking with the fans. From what I’ve seen Kurt Sutter’s response to criticism is much more aggressive and off-puting.

Also… considering the man was drunk, It could’ve gone a lot worse

Plus http://twitter.com/danharmon/status/3875157990965248

While I’m linking to his twitter account, he tweeted this yesterday http://toast-is-burning.tumblr.com/post/1562949694/twitter-its-weird-in-there it’s a good read.

]]> By: Harmon is a GDB http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41941 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:23:42 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-41941 Up until today, Dan’s Twitter feed had been a non-stop source of amusement for me. But now he’s tweeting half-baked thoughts like:

“If you said something bad in the last 12 hours: poop face. If you said good things: thanks. Humanity: uncomplicated since 500 billion BC.”

The message here is, “You’re a better human if you say nice things about my show than if you don’t.” He’s verging on Kurt Sutter-like levels of inability to accept lame Internet criticism. I knew I was in for a healthy dose of narcissism when I subscribed to his feed, but I never thought it would become nonsensical.

I want to unfollow but the behind-the-scenes pictures/videos he occasionally deigns to share are like crack. I love his show too much.

DAMN YOU HARMON.

]]> By: Jason Mittell http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41933 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:41:39 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-41933 I don’t think so, but I thought of it too. “You’re Kevin Garnett” was one of my possible comebacks I was mulling, but decided to just let it lie…

]]> By: Ted Friedman http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41906 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:50:41 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-41906 Just wondering – do you think Harmon was specifically alluding to the Kevin Garnett “cancer” comment flap in his tweet?

]]> By: Clinton http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41660 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:04:20 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-41660 I wholeheartedly agree that the way Twitter works complicates even the most basic conversation. As if discussions on the Web were not puzzling enough already.

]]> By: Myles McNutt http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41659 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:00:21 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-41659 Yeah – it certainly isn’t a wholly positive representation, but Jeff being mean to her is different than the show being mean to her. Also, Jeff’s overreaction spoke to the nature of the situation, as the claustrophobia of the “bottle episode” construct sets in.

]]> By: JPMcP http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41655 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:42:03 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=7233#comment-41655 He did tell Gwynnifer that her disappointment can suck it. And while we didn’t get to hear exactly what she said to prompt that comment, it seemed pretty harsh under the circumstances of the plot.

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