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| + | * Jason: | ||
| + | * Joe: Dona Esmaretta Vitagliano -- Grieving wife of the don, current matriarch of la familia. | ||
| + | * Kelley: | ||
| + | * Michelle: | ||
| + | * Ned: Franco Vitagliano -- Loyal family thug. Second brother, relatively rank-and-file. Lives by a code. Helped dispose of corrupt member of the Creegan family. | ||
| + | * Russell: ?? Creegan -- supporting character. | ||
===Character Brainstorm=== | ===Character Brainstorm=== | ||
* Upstanding son (Michael Corleone) | * Upstanding son (Michael Corleone) | ||
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* Ambitious young turk | * Ambitious young turk | ||
* Higher-up crime dood from outside | * Higher-up crime dood from outside | ||
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* Detective loyal son | * Detective loyal son | ||
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* Surviving sibling of married couple | * Surviving sibling of married couple | ||
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* Public defender | * Public defender | ||
* Back from College | * Back from College | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 16 June 2008
Contents
Prime Time Adventures
Producer: Link
Current Season: Name To Be Determined
Romeo & Juliet: Detectives & Crime Family
Premise: Two families on either side of the law, joined in peace for many years by a marriage, begin to fray and unravel when the wedded couple suddenly dies.
Tone: Dark and gritty; Snappy dialog and gruesome realities
Genre: Crime Drama with Soap Opera
Setting: Providence, RI
Details Brainstorm
- Play both sides?
- Large cast
- Generation after marriage?
- Righteous and the unjust
- A will?
- Fight over the children?
- Children in trust?
- Fight over the children?
- Focus on two families
- Children are focus?
- Children are not protagonists
- End with spotlight on family heads
- Questionably lawful city?
- Irish mob was the force, but pushed out by Italian mafia. Many Irish then joined the police. May be relegated to background element or second season.
Franchise Brainstorm
- Violence
- Abuse
- Aftermath of violence
- Occupational scene
- Unexpected character twists
- Characters don’t expect each others’ actions
- Bard’s tongue
- No truly happy endings
- Continuing theme of decoupling and coming apart
- Indication of similarity between families
- Visceral actions
- Swearing
- Racism
- Alteration of perception – Reversal
- Children mirror events
- Narrator – one of the children
- Children as objects
Characters
- David:
- Eddy: Police Chief Jonathon Creegan -- father was former Irish mobster?
- Jason:
- Joe: Dona Esmaretta Vitagliano -- Grieving wife of the don, current matriarch of la familia.
- Kelley:
- Michelle:
- Ned: Franco Vitagliano -- Loyal family thug. Second brother, relatively rank-and-file. Lives by a code. Helped dispose of corrupt member of the Creegan family.
- Russell: ?? Creegan -- supporting character.
Character Brainstorm
- Upstanding son (Michael Corleone)
- Ambitious young turk
- Higher-up crime dood from outside
- Blunt outsider
- Shifty foreigner
- Secret lovers
- Narrator
- Black sheep – conscience?
- Servant (pool boy, gardener)
- Pawns
- Militant person X
- Detective loyal son
- Easy-going con man
- Police chief’s daughter
- Manipulative older advisor with suspect motives
- Trophy wife
- Manipulative wife
- Father confessor to both families
- Golden Boy
- Local bartender
- Surviving sibling of married couple
- Public defender
- Back from College
Recommended Viewing
- The Godfather, Part One
- The Departed
- In the Line of Fire
- The Shield
- The Black Donnellys
Air Dates
Showtime: 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Network: CCPN
| Title | Episode | Air Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 100 | Monday, June 16th, 2008 | ||
| Pilot; No Ned. | ||||
| TBA | 101 | Monday, June 23rd, 2008 | ||
| Season Premiere; No Ned. | ||||
| TBA | 102 | Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 | ||
| Episode Two | ||||
| TBA | 103 | Monday, July 14th, 2008 | ||
| Episode Three | ||||
| TBA | 104 | Monday, July 21st, 2007 | ||
| Episode Four | ||||
| TBA | 105 | Monday, July 28th, 2007 | ||
| Season Finale | ||||
