Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 16:59:03 GMT
Preface:
Two years ago, a bizarre "Lifetime" movie aired on the Network called "A Deadly Adoption" starring Will Ferrell and Kristin Wiig.
It was supposed to be a secret, it was supposed to have no promotion, it was going to just air on the network, and people were going to find out about it by talking, social media, etc...
Someone at Lifetime leaked it to the media. Will Ferrell was outraged. He said it may never air. It eventually did. Giving the network it's highest rated Movie in it's network's history.
Reaction:
It was mixed. Some people thought it was a REAL "Lifetime" movie, to be taken as a drama and serious. Hardcore fans of the network said Lifetime would NEVER air a satire.
Some people LOVED it (myself included). Thought it was BRILLIANT Satire, not on the nose 'wink wink' but played straight. I have watched Lifetime films with my wife over the years, and it was OBVIOUS to me it was a Satire. It took all the familiar tropes and melted them together.
Some people said "Whether it was a satire or a straight drama, it was crap either way. It didn't succeed at either."
People argued about this for a long time.
2 Years Later at the ATX Festival Will Ferrell Admits it was a Satire:
At the ATX Festival in Austin...
Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig’s Lifetime movie A Deadly Adoption screened on June 8. Will Ferrell admitted HE and KRISTIN WIIG (and the writer of Spoils of Babylon) were the ONLY ones in on the joke. Lifetime, the other actors/actresses, etc... no one else knew. That way they didn't leak it's purpose, or act different knowing it was a satire. He wanted them to play it like a real Lifetime film. He turned in a ridiculous script to Lifetime, and expected them to say no. That was part of the satire, not letting them in on it.
He said this...
“It started with the simple premise that I kept thinking it would be fun to star in a Lifetime movie,” Ferrell, 49, told the crowd about the outrageously dramatic TV flick.
The comedian expected Lifetime to say “no” to the idea and was shocked when the project actually came to fruition, “much to the chagrin of my television agent, who literally did not want to do this.”
“[My agent] called me back and was like, ‘You’re not going to believe it, they said yes.’ And then I was like, ‘There’s no way we’re getting past the next step.’ He called back and said, ‘OK, they said yes.’ So he was very disappointed that we got to make it,” Ferrell said.
Two years ago, a bizarre "Lifetime" movie aired on the Network called "A Deadly Adoption" starring Will Ferrell and Kristin Wiig.
It was supposed to be a secret, it was supposed to have no promotion, it was going to just air on the network, and people were going to find out about it by talking, social media, etc...
Someone at Lifetime leaked it to the media. Will Ferrell was outraged. He said it may never air. It eventually did. Giving the network it's highest rated Movie in it's network's history.
Reaction:
It was mixed. Some people thought it was a REAL "Lifetime" movie, to be taken as a drama and serious. Hardcore fans of the network said Lifetime would NEVER air a satire.
Some people LOVED it (myself included). Thought it was BRILLIANT Satire, not on the nose 'wink wink' but played straight. I have watched Lifetime films with my wife over the years, and it was OBVIOUS to me it was a Satire. It took all the familiar tropes and melted them together.
Some people said "Whether it was a satire or a straight drama, it was crap either way. It didn't succeed at either."
People argued about this for a long time.
2 Years Later at the ATX Festival Will Ferrell Admits it was a Satire:
At the ATX Festival in Austin...
Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig’s Lifetime movie A Deadly Adoption screened on June 8. Will Ferrell admitted HE and KRISTIN WIIG (and the writer of Spoils of Babylon) were the ONLY ones in on the joke. Lifetime, the other actors/actresses, etc... no one else knew. That way they didn't leak it's purpose, or act different knowing it was a satire. He wanted them to play it like a real Lifetime film. He turned in a ridiculous script to Lifetime, and expected them to say no. That was part of the satire, not letting them in on it.
He said this...
“It started with the simple premise that I kept thinking it would be fun to star in a Lifetime movie,” Ferrell, 49, told the crowd about the outrageously dramatic TV flick.
The comedian expected Lifetime to say “no” to the idea and was shocked when the project actually came to fruition, “much to the chagrin of my television agent, who literally did not want to do this.”
“[My agent] called me back and was like, ‘You’re not going to believe it, they said yes.’ And then I was like, ‘There’s no way we’re getting past the next step.’ He called back and said, ‘OK, they said yes.’ So he was very disappointed that we got to make it,” Ferrell said.