Comments on: Tuner Minute 72 – Subtext http://tuningintoscifitv.com/2010/03/06/tuner-minute-72-subtext/ The fan's guide to genre TV Mon, 21 May 2012 02:20:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ken from Chicago http://tuningintoscifitv.com/2010/03/06/tuner-minute-72-subtext/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Ken from Chicago Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:11:27 +0000 http://tuningintoscifitv.com/?p=570#comment-1123 I agree with Brent that sometimes shippers or other genre fans can add subtext to a show the creator did not mean. Harlan Ellison famously called a critic on that will at some panel after the critic had went on and on about some extra layer of subtext and meaning that Ellison never intended. That all said, sometimes the audience know better the work of art that was produced (as opposed to what was intended) better than the artist. Sometimes the artist is simply wrong about his or her interpretation of their work--or least the audience's interpretation is "better". Or put simply: Han fired first. -- Ken from Chicago I agree with Brent that sometimes shippers or other genre fans can add subtext to a show the creator did not mean. Harlan Ellison famously called a critic on that will at some panel after the critic had went on and on about some extra layer of subtext and meaning that Ellison never intended.

That all said, sometimes the audience know better the work of art that was produced (as opposed to what was intended) better than the artist. Sometimes the artist is simply wrong about his or her interpretation of their work–or least the audience’s interpretation is “better”. Or put simply: Han fired first.

– Ken from Chicago

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