So as I am sitting in the back I hear the man behind the curtain talking with California and all the big wigs who actually make the decisions. I hear that they are bring our show to a "Focus Group." You know what that is? It is a bunch of people who watch the show and give their opinions. Which means I will be out of the show.
I mean what I do is a very acquired taste. And they are not going to pick people on this focus group who have anything like my sensibility. Which is fine. The show is really about Lisa and the store. I am happy if she is the star and the store is successful. I don't need to be the star. And I know the fighting I am doing every day with them means my part will be sliced and diced down to nothing.
You see focus groups are what is wrong with television. They play to the lowest common denominator. They are going to research this and homogenize it and dumb it down. It is what they do. So the originality and spark that got us this show in the first place will be pushed out of it. And I am helpless to do anything about it. The more I fight it the more they roll their eyes and act condescending. There is not much I can do.
Lisa hid my shovel.
I just hope they get my people for the focus group.
You know like youse guys.
