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"You are perfect." #TheOrville #Topa

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I’m going to explain something I’ve told my screenwriting students and anyone willing to listen as a filmmaker or aspiring filmmaker, regardless of age: The industry you think exists doesn’t exist anymore. 🧵

You are perfect.

Fred Rogers met with a child psychologist every week for 22 years to build his show. She shaped everything: every script, prop, and song. The whole point was to give a child's nervous system time to slow down. In 1984, a single regulatory decision ended all of it. The psychologist was Dr. Margaret McFarland, who co-founded the Arsenal Family and Children's Center alongside Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson. She and Rogers understood that the prefrontal cortex in children, the part of the brain that controls impulse, emotion, and attention, takes decades to fully develop. At the start of every episode, Rogers tied his sneakers and changed his sweater while children settled in. Those pauses were intentional, designed to help a child's nervous system shift into a calmer, more focused state. What ended it had nothing to do with child development science. In 1984, Reagan's FCC chairman Mark Fowler abolished the advertising limits that had protected children's programming from commercial pressure. Toy companies moved within months. Between 1984 and 1985, cartoons tied to toy lines increased by 300%, from a handful of shows to more than 40 animated series. In almost every case, the toy was designed first. The cartoon was built to sell it. Researchers later put numbers to what parents were already noticing. A 2011 study in Pediatrics from the University of Virginia tested 60 four-year-olds across three groups: one watching SpongeBob, which cuts scene every 11 seconds; one watching a slow PBS show, which cuts scene every 34 seconds; and one drawing. Nine minutes later, all three took tests on attention, impulse control, short-term memory, and problem-solving. The SpongeBob group scored significantly worse across every measure. In the 1970s, children began watching television around age 4. Research from pediatrician Dimitri Christakis found that by 2009, the average age of first screen exposure had dropped to 4 months, as the content got faster and the audience got younger. Researchers separately found that each additional hour of daily screen time at ages 1 or 3 raised the risk of attention problems at age 7 by 9%.

I'd forgotten about "Primer". The most complex movie I've ever seen. You know when people say, "Let me draw you a diagram"? Well, this movie is so complicated it actually needs one. It's going to blow your mind when you watch it.

The craziest interview ever. She said “sometimes you have to go through the back door” and bro just lost it 💀

RT @VictoriaTheTech: SPEAK ON IT! 👏🏽 Kids enjoy challenges and growth, and robbing them of those opportunities for convenience stunts that…

"All kidding aside, this honor does not belong to me alone; it is the result of decades of hard work by some of the most talented artists, writers, actors, producers, lawyers, accountants, craftsmen of all kinds..." youtu.be/WArUOHoqjHg?t=194 #RenewTheOrville

How far would you go for authenticity? Prosthetics, CGI, a forensic sculptor, even combing the Clinton Library archives—every trick in the book, just to serve Matty the ultimate presidential roast. variety.com/2026/artisans/ne…

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What a lovely ride it would be! 💙 #TheOrville #RenewTheOrville #TheOrvilleSeason4

I miss these exciting times!

In honor of one of my favorite TV shows @TheOrville, I present to you my new single, ‘Living on The Orville’ Out now on all streaming platforms! #RenewTheOrville Full Song: youtu.be/byMXao51AI0

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