Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Elias Asefa's 30 ROCK

With ever-growing popularity and a ton awards to back it up, 30 Rock has proven time and time again that it only takes an ensemble cast and brilliant scripting to deliver success. Whether it's Tracy Morgan's character Tracy Jordan demanding fried rice without the peas nor the rice, just the carrots. Or Jack Donaghy's (played by Alec Baldwin) corporate views on society and the workplace. With quotes like "socially and economically speaking Kenneth, you're more like an inner-city Latina.". And like any great show with a great script comes a great love story.

The tale of Liz and Jack In this third person piece by the author, they have decided to for a romance style setting. The elements shown in the piece of writing are almost voyeuristic. Admittedly it is too raunchy and sexy for my liking. I couldn't imagine these two characters going at it, even after reading this piece and how the writer describes every setting. I noticed the writer decided to veer away from the comedic side of the sitcom and decided to introduce to a very heart felt love novel.


Happiness is The writer puts a view in our heads of how Kenneth gets through his work day. After the reading it is inevitable that we feel sympathetic for Kenneth. As he does good, but recieves nothing for it. The writer writes this in a third person style, which is suitable if we are to get a better understanding of the character.


30 Rock Ficlets


A very interesting concept from the writer of this Fanfic piece.I would have to say it is written in third person and often 1st person.The writer particularly must feel a strongly about the character to do such an unconventional piece like this one. A letter from Kenneth imposes some of his typical characteristics. As he writes to his mother, about the way he feels and loves her. A lighthearted piece, and none-theless it puts you at ease.


Jury Duty


This FanFic writing in the form of a third person i felt dragged on. With it's often occasionally rare elements of comedy, it delivered us a typical day at the office and how Liz deals with her staff. I felt it also lacked consistancy, when the writer decides to impose on topics on Tracy Jordan and Jennas diva antics. On the plus side, out of all of the other fanfics i've, it is the most complex in terms of structure and writing.


Donaghy and Daughter


In this third person piece the writer introduces a scenario in which a potential daughter of Jack donaghy is being interview by Liz Lemon for a job at NBC for The TGS show. One of the many reasons i enjoyed it is because it kept it simple enough to read enjoy, and not get too boring and tedious. The author kept the dialogue simple enough, and typical of the characters to behave. But on a more negative note, the writer deemed it unneccesary to add a love spark between Liz and Jack, and not relate their history to the story at hand.


Cure for Writer's block


A very trendy third person piece. I enjoyed the way the characters were portrayed accurately by the writer, as Liz's feud with her staff as they exchange back and forth insults. A very brilliant comedic piece in the syle of a sitcom screenplay. Every dialogue that was written was consistant and played a major part in how the structure of this piece was working. The writer is obviously an avid follower and fan of this show and knows his/her way around standup comedy dialogue and sattire, which is essential when writing a fanfic for this show.


We used to get on fine


This piece was enjoyable in every sense of the word. The way the writer set up the scenario where Liz leaves TGS and all of her past trials and tribulations. Very dramatic piece compared to the standard of 30 Rock fanfics. I enjoyed the light hearted-ness. Liz discovers she was incapable of loving in the past because Jack was her love all along. The writer of this piece must have a strong connection with the shows protagonist 'Liz Lemon' from just observing this piece.


Hard to live in the city


Well deserved in my opinion, the writer of this piece focuses on one of the minor characters Josh. As he is discovered by Liz Lemon. I think the minor characters should be brought to our attention. And some lack consistancy, so it is always good to see a story revolve around the underappreciated talent. And the author does so. The third person perspective was neccessary as we needed to be on the outside look in at the character 'Josh'.



Knight of television

This third person piece was as simple as you could write a fanfiction with only three characters and non-diverse dialogue. The writer it seemed to me not only rushed through the story sequence but didnt evaluate the customers enough. On the plus side the characteristics were spot on, and everbody acting the way they should act.


Hot Tubs Wesley and Liz


In this third person piece theres a style of writing thats typical of a type of writer who would contribute to fanfic.net. With love and hate relationships floating around. The author gives us a detailed scopic look at the pair's (Wesley and Liz) mishaps. This happens to be the back and forth snarky remarks between Liz and Wesley. The writer makes this apparent by writing in third person and giving us an idea of the odd couples relationship.


1 comment:

  1. Hi, Elias.
    You have analyzed well of the changes of the characters and settings in the fanfics. Sharp critiques about the ‘Knight of television.’ The points that you have given for criticism of the ‘Cure for writer’s block’ will probably be the most relevant to yours in terms of comic dialogue and structure. Good job!

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