Word: crichton
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clever Michael Crichton understood all that when he wrote his best seller Disclosure. That's why he made the aggressor a female executive, her victim a happily married man who has been passed over for her job--and with whom, a decade earlier, she had a hot affair. The role reversal alone gives the story some curiosity value. It may even be, as people connected with the movie version keep insisting in interviews, that the shoe-on-the-other-foot approach to this situation will Make You Think...
...Michael Crichton drew on his experiences as a medical student and ignored the usual formulas of TV drama to reinvent the doctor show for the 1990s -- and create the season's surprise hit. The emergency-room action is better than the sometimes-soapy personal stories, but no hour on TV is more gripping...
Clever Michael Crichton understood all that when he wrote his best seller Disclosure. That's why he made the aggressor a female executive, her victim a happily married man who has been passed over for her job -- and with whom, a decade earlier, she had a hot affair. The role reversal alone gives the story some curiosity value. It may even be, as people connected with the movie version keep insisting in interviews, that the shoe-on-the-other-foot approach to this situation will Make You Think...
...pediatrician Dr. Doug Ross, is the most traditional hunk of the bunch, but the actor is self-effacing to a fault. "The writers are so good that even I can't screw up," he says. "For an old TV actor, it's great to have Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton come by and talk to you. It's so nice to be on a quality show. You can hold your head high...
...success. The show is giving another boost to the comeback of serious TV drama. It has shown that the networks can still create hits without the help of surefire time periods. And it has proved that viewers will try something challenging when given a chance. As Crichton relates, "People in the entertainment business said, 'Viewers won't understand this show.' Finally, there's a recognition that people are smart." Television sometimes...