Comments for David Weddle's Online Archive http://davidoweddle.com A Frakking Great Site Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:24:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Kesey Story 1 by Monemonkey.com http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=24#comment-44237 Monemonkey.com Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:24:56 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=24#comment-44237 came while working on the night shift with Gordon Lish at the Menlo Park Veterans' Hospital. There, Kesey often spent time talking to the patients, sometimes under the influence of the hallucinogenic drugs he had volunteered to experiment with. Kesey did not believe that these patients were insane, but rather that society had pushed them out because they did not fit the conventional ideas of how people were supposed to act and behave. Published under the guidance of Cowley in 1962, the novel was an immediate success; in 1963, it was adapted into a successful stage play by Dale Wasserman, and in 1975, Milos Forman directed a screen adaptation, which won the "Big Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor ( Jack Nicholson ), Best Actress ( Louise Fletcher ), Best Director (Forman) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman ). came while working on the night shift with Gordon Lish at the Menlo Park Veterans’ Hospital. There, Kesey often spent time talking to the patients, sometimes under the influence of the hallucinogenic drugs he had volunteered to experiment with. Kesey did not believe that these patients were insane, but rather that society had pushed them out because they did not fit the conventional ideas of how people were supposed to act and behave. Published under the guidance of Cowley in 1962, the novel was an immediate success; in 1963, it was adapted into a successful stage play by Dale Wasserman, and in 1975, Milos Forman directed a screen adaptation, which won the “Big Five” Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor ( Jack Nicholson ), Best Actress ( Louise Fletcher ), Best Director (Forman) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman ).

]]> Comment on Kesey Story 1 by CostumeLooks http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=24#comment-38155 CostumeLooks Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:26:59 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=24#comment-38155 The course was initially taught that year by Viking Press editorial consultant and Lost Generation eminence grise Malcolm Cowley, who was "always glad to see" Kesey and fellow auditor Tillie Olsen. Cowley was succeeded the following quarter by the Irish short-story specialist Frank O'Connor ; frequent spats between O'Connor and Kesey ultimately precipitated his departure from the class. The course was initially taught that year by Viking Press editorial consultant and Lost Generation eminence grise Malcolm Cowley, who was “always glad to see” Kesey and fellow auditor Tillie Olsen. Cowley was succeeded the following quarter by the Irish short-story specialist Frank O’Connor ; frequent spats between O’Connor and Kesey ultimately precipitated his departure from the class.

]]> Comment on David Weddle’s Online Archive by davi6921 http://davidoweddle.com/#comment-4531 davi6921 Sun, 10 Apr 2016 22:53:16 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=5#comment-4531 We did not think of these specific historical events. But we created Section 31 -- along with Ira Behr, Ron Moore and the DS9 writing staff -- for the episode "Inquisition," which preceded "Extreme Measures." The conceit was that the Federation with all of its high humanistic values could only survive in a hostile universe by maintaining a covert organization that was willing to do the nasty work of eliminating its most dangerous enemies -- just as the United States has relied on the FBI, the OSS, the CIA and Navy SEALS to carry out covert missions against our most deadly enemies around the globe. This of course continues today with SEALS taking out terrorist cells in countries around the world on secret missions that the American public has no knowledge about. This of course creates a dilemma because covert organizations that avoid the scrutiny of the public and the press have ample opportunity to abuse their power. Those were the themes we explored in "Inquisition" and "Extreme Measures." Thank you for your interest! We did not think of these specific historical events. But we created Section 31 — along with Ira Behr, Ron Moore and the DS9 writing staff — for the episode “Inquisition,” which preceded “Extreme Measures.” The conceit was that the Federation with all of its high humanistic values could only survive in a hostile universe by maintaining a covert organization that was willing to do the nasty work of eliminating its most dangerous enemies — just as the United States has relied on the FBI, the OSS, the CIA and Navy SEALS to carry out covert missions against our most deadly enemies around the globe. This of course continues today with SEALS taking out terrorist cells in countries around the world on secret missions that the American public has no knowledge about.

This of course creates a dilemma because covert organizations that avoid the scrutiny of the public and the press have ample opportunity to abuse their power. Those were the themes we explored in “Inquisition” and “Extreme Measures.”

Thank you for your interest!

]]> Comment on David Weddle’s Online Archive by BaronBifford http://davidoweddle.com/#comment-4528 BaronBifford Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:28:23 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=5#comment-4528 I watched the Deep Space Nine episode "Extreme Measures", which you co-wrote with Bradley Thompson. In this episode, Bashir and O'Brien extract the cure to the Founder plague from the mind of Sloan, the Federation agent who designed it. So Section 31 designed a pathogen that doomed the Founder race. Bashir was disgusted with this because it was genocide, but I think Section 31 had the right idea. I don't support genocide of humans because humans are not driven by a collective will. For instance, when the Red Army invaded Germany during WW2, Russian soldiers went on a rampage killing and raping German citizens in revenge for the suffering the German army inflicted on Russia. This wasn't right, because you couldn't really blame 70-year-old grandmothers or bumpkin farmers for the decisions of their government. Remember that Nazi Germany was a dictatorship that suppressed free speech, banned rival parties, and routinely lied to its people. By contrast, the Founders have this Great Link through which they share thoughts and emotions. They are remarkably conformist in thought and motivation. Maybe not as much as the Borg, but nonetheless I can't recall any hint of factionalism or dissension among their race except for Odo, and he was thought a freak for this. So I think every Founder really is guilty for everything the Dominion did, because the war was a decision they made collectively. What did you think of this when you wrote the episode? In Star Trek, the Federation likes to treat everyone equally, but treating everyone the same means ignoring their differences, and the Founders are very different from humans. I watched the Deep Space Nine episode “Extreme Measures”, which you co-wrote with Bradley Thompson. In this episode, Bashir and O’Brien extract the cure to the Founder plague from the mind of Sloan, the Federation agent who designed it.

So Section 31 designed a pathogen that doomed the Founder race. Bashir was disgusted with this because it was genocide, but I think Section 31 had the right idea. I don’t support genocide of humans because humans are not driven by a collective will.

For instance, when the Red Army invaded Germany during WW2, Russian soldiers went on a rampage killing and raping German citizens in revenge for the suffering the German army inflicted on Russia. This wasn’t right, because you couldn’t really blame 70-year-old grandmothers or bumpkin farmers for the decisions of their government. Remember that Nazi Germany was a dictatorship that suppressed free speech, banned rival parties, and routinely lied to its people.

By contrast, the Founders have this Great Link through which they share thoughts and emotions. They are remarkably conformist in thought and motivation. Maybe not as much as the Borg, but nonetheless I can’t recall any hint of factionalism or dissension among their race except for Odo, and he was thought a freak for this. So I think every Founder really is guilty for everything the Dominion did, because the war was a decision they made collectively.

What did you think of this when you wrote the episode? In Star Trek, the Federation likes to treat everyone equally, but treating everyone the same means ignoring their differences, and the Founders are very different from humans.

]]> Comment on David Weddle’s Online Archive by davi6921 http://davidoweddle.com/#comment-4200 davi6921 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 07:27:11 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=5#comment-4200 I have sent two emails to your email address. Reply to them and you are in touch with me. I have sent two emails to your email address. Reply to them and you are in touch with me.

]]> Comment on David Weddle’s Online Archive by Ron MacCloskey http://davidoweddle.com/#comment-4199 Ron MacCloskey Wed, 18 Nov 2015 22:41:36 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=5#comment-4199 I sent Mr. Weddle an email yesterday about Jerry Lewis. Can you please have him get in touch with me? Thanks, Ron MacCloskey Writer/Producer JERRY LEWIS: "He Makes Me Laugh" ronmac55@aol.com I sent Mr. Weddle an email yesterday about Jerry Lewis. Can you please have him get in touch with me?

Thanks,
Ron MacCloskey
Writer/Producer
JERRY LEWIS: “He Makes Me Laugh”
ronmac55@aol.com

]]> Comment on David Weddle’s Online Archive by Ron MacCloskey http://davidoweddle.com/#comment-4195 Ron MacCloskey Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:51:21 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=5#comment-4195 Dear Mr. Weddle, Can you please get in touch with me regarding a film doc on JERRY LEWIS? Dear Mr. Weddle, Can you please get in touch with me regarding a film doc on JERRY LEWIS?

]]> Comment on David Weddle’s Online Archive by davi6921 http://davidoweddle.com/#comment-172 davi6921 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:52:31 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=5#comment-172 I do not have any photos other than the ones that appear in the magazine, and they would be owned by the estate of Brian Lanker or the students who provided them. My only photo of Ken is of him at the San Francisco Opera house performing the Cuckoo's Nest nursery rhyme that his grandmother taught him. It was taken the night I first me him. I do not have any photos other than the ones that appear in the magazine, and they would be owned by the estate of Brian Lanker or the students who provided them. My only photo of Ken is of him at the San Francisco Opera house performing the Cuckoo’s Nest nursery rhyme that his grandmother taught him. It was taken the night I first me him.

]]> Comment on David Weddle’s Online Archive by Theodore Carter http://davidoweddle.com/#comment-171 Theodore Carter Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:46:39 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=5#comment-171 Dear Mr. Weddle, I am in the process of interviewing all the living co-author's of Caverns. One of them sent me to your Rolling Stone piece which I read with interest here. I was wondering if you have any photos from that assignment to which you own the rights that you'd be willing to share. If so, I would certainly credit you and link to your stuff. Dear Mr. Weddle,

I am in the process of interviewing all the living co-author’s of Caverns. One of them sent me to your Rolling Stone piece which I read with interest here. I was wondering if you have any photos from that assignment to which you own the rights that you’d be willing to share. If so, I would certainly credit you and link to your stuff.

]]> Comment on David Weddle’s Online Archive by Randall Norris http://davidoweddle.com/#comment-153 Randall Norris Sat, 21 Sep 2013 11:36:50 +0000 http://davidoweddle.com/?page_id=5#comment-153 We say "We provide a place for people to speak whose voices might not otherwise be heard." We really mean that. Also including two page piece of woman I met in Postville, Iowa while I was there with Tony Kahn, NPR, Morning Stories. http://www.wgbh.org/includes/playerPop.cfm?featureid=4771 We say “We provide a place for people to speak whose voices might not otherwise be heard.” We really mean that. Also including two page piece of woman I met in Postville, Iowa while I was there with Tony Kahn, NPR, Morning Stories.
http://www.wgbh.org/includes/playerPop.cfm?featureid=4771

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