A reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer (talk about worst newspaper name, Mark) complains about the fact that writers are becoming an extinct species in TV land.
But my beef with these shows is that they eliminate the writer. Reality TV only needs to set up a premise and turn on the cameras. The shows are cheap to produce because nobody has to pay writers.
Since when do writers’ salaries come in at the top of a show’s costs?
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.