So far I’ve done three of the five part SURriculum:
WHO am I
HOW are U
I LOVE U
Now it’s time for part four: Let’s Play!
Last week, Claude settled it for me:
I told my agents about the SUR show. They don’t get it and won’t help me sell it.
I told my lawyer. She told me she can’t get involved.
I wrote my contact at HBO. They ghosted me.
No one wants to take a risk in Hollywood. SURprise SURprise.
Fuck ‘em.
There was a time when I just rolled up my sleeves and made the damn thing. Since my HBO “cult success,” I’ve fallen into the development trap of waiting for permission, and it’s gotten me nowhere. It used to be fun. It used to feel like PLAY.
If anyone has proven themselves as capable of just doing it, it’s me!
I’m going back to my roots: The Web Series.
Hamish McKenzie, the founder of Substack, saw my SUR show announcement.
He could have said “SURe” but he doesn’t know yet.
But unlike in the Ram Dass debacle, I was sure to include the SUR community into this decision making process.
Before the Hamish zoom, I was introduced to someone I hadn't yet met. Mansur has been with SUR longer than almost anyone. He's also the community's legal counsel. Which means he knows exactly how much trouble they're in
I know the video at the top is 16 minutes and your attention span is fucking shot, but just watch it. And watch the video above this paragraph. And watch all of the videos. Go back and watch the videos I embedded in my past posts. Because THIS IS IT.
Substack founder Hamish McKenzie is amazing. On this zoom he coined the term Quantum TV, agreed to fund the SUR show on Substack, and said he’d attend an orgy.
In the quantum sense, he definitely said all of those things!
OK, less talky-talky, more watchy-watchy.
Let’s play!
