super interesting questions. I think everyone may be right: Matt & Ben have the best of intentions, and the people churning out the show are incredibly adept at doing whatever it takes to hook people onto discussion boards like this. The magic this season was in the casting of Jason & Effie, and the beauty part is,…

marc joubert introduces her in a VO in episode one, saying something very close to "we brought Effie in as a creative prouducer, and uh, she will function as the line producer too." Now, Effie claims she was never hired as the line producer, and names someone else as the line producer/UPM. so it's really hard to know…

i'm not supposed to comment anymore, but you're the best!

…and yet here we are all watching it. Odd to me, that a series with nothing but anti-heroes would be so compelling.

that's really sweet, Alien, thanks. Did you know the cheese hater was mean to me, or did that just well up from your soul?

no. everybody has more cellulite and bigger guts.

for me hearing his prose was a teeny bit like the reveal in The Shining, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Yes, I think everybody worked hard to portray her as seriously scary. ("You're supposed to be golfing!") But it's only sex, he's quick to clarify they're not dating.

To her great credit, Effie has said in multiple interviews that she's learned a lot about how she comes off and intends to work on that. I haven't seen any intvws with Jason, but I hope for his sake he does the same. Personally, by enjoying their drama, I hope I've learned something about the importance of not taking…

It's people's, and specifically her colleagues', personal reaction to Effie, that fueled the reality series and the thousands of comments on this board (for example). No one is disputing her ability to bring something in on time and budget. But vis a vis the effectiveness of her personality and communication skills, I…

True. But I'm winding down. Feeling like everything's been said.

OK. Wow.

Not sure what sexual orientation has to do with it, but whatever.

It was the way she delivered the call. She seemed to take great pleasure in saying no. She sent the irretrievable signal that she did not have his back. Joubert deserves some of the blame.

In fairness, one reason she never got the "good job" from Jason is that she blew her credibility early on when she vowed they'd never shoot on film, and then they did. Their relationship never recovered.

perhaps we're quibbling over semantics at this point, but once they appoint him director, it is his budget, to spend according to his fancy, in its entirety. That's why they're all there.

It's clear why Amato would love her; also clear why most of the crew would support her, she gets them work. Also clear why there would be conflict with Jason. But Joubert, Damon, Farrelly — imho these are forced errors on her part. No one's perfect. I have no fears for her future.

OK, missed that, great catch. Which puts the virtue of a 10% underage even more in question.

Just speaking from experience. Line producer needs to walk the tightrope, & coming in way under (unless the director wants it that way) is not good, if the director was told he/she can't have what she/he wanted because they couldn't afford it.
re stunt, who knows, maybe a much more dramatic, stakes-raising effect would…

can't follow your logic. They were all kind of making both, except for Jason. She's the first to admit she needs to work on her people skills. No question she's super competent at coming in on budget and schedule.