From: Julia Jones write:
Jenny Kaye writes:
So what you are saying is, that although there may be fans out there
who
have no idea who Chris Boucher is, and what his contribution to the
series involved, they still may be interested in buying his copy of a
script?
Yes, I am. Longer term residents of this list have seen a good few members turn up who had not seen all of the series; had seen none of it on arrival but had heard it talked about elsewhere and wanted to learn more about a show that didn't have neat tidy endings performed by shiny happy people;
And they come here?
who had seen it years ago and liked it enough to do a
search when they got net access, but hadn't seen it for years and couldn't even remember some of the actors' names.
Okay, but I was answering your email that said that "not all fans are aware of (or interested in) who was involved in a show other than the actors." I quite reasonably replied that if they are not interested in Chris Boucher then it is really of no importance to them who Chris Boucher is. Anybody who would be interested would very probably know who he was, and anyone he didn't IMO probably wouldn't be that interested if it involved in shelling out that kind of money.
Many of the above are quite likely to be interested in an original script with notations by the writer and/or script editor, even if they haven't yet had "Chris Boucher is god" burnt into their brains.
I don't think you have to be of the faith that Chris Boucher is god to be interested in him, in the same way that you don't have to necessary swallow the belief that "Avon is a kind and considerate soul" to be able to appreciate the character.
There're two reasons for this; one being standard fannish acquisitiveness about anything linked with the series, the other being an interest in the mechanics of putting together a show.
And if their level of interest in the show (and particularly in production) is that great, then I would think they would know who Chris Boucher is.
It is not necessary to be a
hard core "get a life" type fan to be interested for either reason,
When did I suggest such a thing? Please don't put words in my mouth.
This does sound unpleasantly as if you think that only *your* definition of a True Fan is allowed to enjoy all the pleasures of fandom.
No, what it sounds like is a *question.* I did not say that I thought that nobody should be allowed or not allowed to buy a script if that's what they want to spend their money on, I *expressed surprise* that somebody who didn't know who Chris Boucher was would want to buy his script. Somebody who didn't know who he was *might* want to buy it of course, all things are possible, but I was expressing the opinion that this was unlikely.
However, your response sounds unpleasantly as if you've taken a dislike to me for some reason and are spoiling for a fight. If this is the case, please e-mail me offlist-- I don't want to bore everybody else with it.
We've already had that debate - go look it up in the archives.
I don't need to look at any archives. I saw what happened last month. If *you* want another 40 people unsubscribing, go on. I'll be first.
Jenny
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