谈论在好莱坞的成功
波士顿大学校友的播客采访了Terrier的权力球员

Cody Brotter (COM ' 13)在洛杉矶外出。 Patrick Strattner摄
洛杉矶电视编剧科迪·布罗特(Cody Brotter)一直想知道,波士顿大学的大牌校友是如何在好莱坞娱乐圈取得成功的。
于是他决定问问他们。
The result is a new podcast series, 好莱坞犬, which launched in May and features Brotter (COM’13) interviewing BU alums working in all aspects of LA’s entertainment industry. The podcast, created in conjunction with the 波士顿大学洛杉矶实习项目 (BU in LA), is a veritable who’s who of LA power brokers.
Brotter offers a 40-minute interview with BU overseer Jay Roewe (COM’79), HBO senior vice president, one week and a wide-ranging discussion with 《女子监狱 writer Hilary Weisman Graham (COM’92) the next.
布罗特说:“洛杉矶吸引了所有这些从其他地方来追求某种东西的勤奋、有梦想的人。” “波士顿大学的校友走遍全国来到洛杉矶。 其中很多人都非常成功,我想知道他们是如何做到的。”
One of his favorites is a conversation in May about men and the # MeToo运动 with Emmy-nominated TV producer and 实习医生格蕾 showrunner Krista Vernoff (CFA’93), who talked about what men can do to help support women writers in an industry that remains male-dominated.
在弗诺夫的采访中,她指出,她本科时学的是表演,而不是编剧,但在成功地出演了几年后,她决定相信自己的直觉。 “我的家人真的很纠结,”她说。 “我可能是唯一一个因为有人放弃演艺事业”而挣扎的家庭。
演员兼喜剧演员Langston Kerman (GRS ' 11)回忆起他在澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究生院写诗的激情,毕业后担任高中澳门威尼斯人注册网站。 他说,为了纯粹的享受,他经常在业余时间表演单口喜剧。 这也给他带来了第一个重大突破,与喜剧演员兼作家克里斯·洛克合作。
“我当时与一家开发公司合作,他们认为他会喜欢我作为潜在的制作人。 他们说服他来参加我的一场演出,”克尔曼说。 “这真的是最能改变人生的事情了。”
Kerman wrote some of the jokes Rock used when he hosted the 2016 Academy Awards, and he landed the role of Jared Oliver in season one of the HBO hit show 不安全的.
BU in LA associate director Michael Ouellette says Brotter pitched the idea for 好莱坞犬, then found most of his guests on his own, using his connections and word of mouth. 尽管布罗特从未制作过播客,但奥莱特说,他对编剧和波士顿大学的一切都充满了热情,所以他决定尝试一下。
“科迪太棒了,”他说。 “他是这部剧真正的创作力量。”
那布罗特是怎么得到采访机会的?
他说,他利用自己的许多专业经验来招募客人。 例如,毕业前,他在洛杉矶的一个学期里作为Roewe的实习生在HBO工作。 And Kerman helped Brotter, who did stand-up comedy as a BU undergrad, get his first gig at Nick’s Comedy Stop in Boston. Bruce Feirstein (COM’75), a screenwriter for the James Bond series and author of 真正的男人不吃乳蛋饼, who is featured on an upcoming podcast, has been a mentor since Brotter’s undergrad days.
“对于我不认识的人,”布罗特说,“有时候洛杉矶大学的项目会联系我,或者代表我询问。 One of my favorite professors at BU, 加兰沃勒, has also offered to help me get a handful of impressive guests.”
通过这种网络,目前iTunes上有19集播客。 Brotter还制作了另外17部,每周两次,分别在美国东部时间周一和周四下午3点上映。
Upcoming episodes include an interview with Maureen Bharoocha (COM ’07), a segment director on 吉米·坎摩尔直播! and producer Sabrina Wind (COM’90) of 绝望的主妇 fame.
奥莱特说,播客帮助波士顿大学洛杉矶分校项目的实习生了解到,他们的职业生涯可能不会朝着一个目标直线前进,许多成功人士的职业道路都是曲折的。
“当你在学校的时候,你可以从像我这样的老师那里得到所有这些建议,但当你从那些真正经历过这个过程的人那里听到这些建议时,你就不会像从那些真正经历过各种工作的人那里听到这些建议一样,他们真的很幸运,或者利用了一个可能是灾难的机会,”Ouellette说。 “You really learn in these podcasts that just about everyone has a different path.”
Brotter says producing 好莱坞犬 has allowed him to explore his more serious side. Known for his stand-up comedy as an undergrad, he was also a writer and actor in the BUTV10 Telly Award–winning show 欢迎回来,兄弟, a Seinfeld-inspired sitcom.
During his junior year at BU, he and Nick Peine (CAS’13) caught the attention of MTV executives, who invited them to 出现在mtv电视台, an online channel aimed at college students.
虽然他不再表演单口相声,但布罗特仍然靠写喜剧来支付他的账单。 He is a story consultant on the show 喜剧淘汰赛 as well as a script reader for a variety of companies and agencies in LA.
但这位经验丰富的幽默演员说,他已经开始享受播客的真诚,这比他想象的要多,并指出这让他成为了一个更好的听众。
他说:“在接受这些播客采访的过程中,我也开始明白自己想做什么,或者我想成为什么样的人,我看到了所有这些道路。” “这不是我的本意,我尽量不把这些作为治疗课程。 我只是一个非常好奇的人。”
遵循 好莱坞犬 on 推特, @BULAPodcast. Find the podcast 脸谱网 在这里.
梅根Woolhouse can be reached at megwj@bu.edu.
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