Does it intimidate, depress, and inspire you when you see someone totally rule at what you do for a living and make you think "Man, I'll never do anything that good."
A friend has been going through the trouble of downloading episodes of the new Kids In The Hall series "Death Comes to Town" (it doesn't air here in the US yet) and last night I watched the 5 that have aired so far in Canada. It's completely disheartening and inspiring.
Disheartening - I'll never do anything this clever, funny, and well made in my comedy career. And even if I did, I'm not sure a US station would ever air it. Do bankers, lawyers, and construction workers ever feel this way? Does a doctor watch a surgeon on some crazy TLC show and think, "Damn! I'd never be able to do that! You see the way he thought to slice that artery and stitch that incision?! GENIUS!" That begs the question, "How little does Trevor know about doctors that he could only come up with 'artery' and 'incision' in his example?" As a comedy writer, I watched it and loved it. And then immediately thought everything I've ever written or shot was a piece of poo.
Inspiring - After all these years, my favorite sketch group still has it. They're older and fatter but you'd be wrong to think "They're just doing a show for a paycheck at this point." I'd almost say this is the best thing they've done yet, but it's only been 5 episodes so I have to give it some time. But a funny thing happens when I see REEEALLY good stuff. I watch it, love it, get depressed I didn't create it, then my brain starts firing on all cylinders to make something of my own that will hopefully be great. Can I do it? Who knows? But I'll try (and hopefully get rich in the process!).
And if anyone ever actually read this, this is where they would answer my questions in the comments section with very hurtful, unnecessary answers (that may be a little too true for my liking).
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