{"id":131598,"date":"2016-09-21T19:48:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T01:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/21\/keeping-jessica-jones-from-jumping-the-shark.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T19:48:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T01:48:48","slug":"keeping-jessica-jones-from-jumping-the-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/21\/keeping-jessica-jones-from-jumping-the-shark.html","title":{"rendered":"Keeping "Jessica Jones" from jumping the shark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jessica Jones<\/i> creator, showrunner, and writer Melissa Rosenberg learned a lot from her time working on Dexter<\/i> — to wit, don't "cure" a damaged character.<\/p>\n

That seems in keeping with the infamous Moonlighting<\/i> syndrome, where the romantic tension between the lead characters was resolved in later seasons — and, suddenly, the show lost much of its dramatic oomph.<\/p>\n

The problem, of course, is that you can only drag on problems for so long before the dramatic tension of them starts to wear thing as well. Jessica Jones can't be cured of her trauma from Kilgrave, etc., but there's only so much humor and drama to be had from an unreliable alcoholic with PTSD. There needs to be character growth<\/i> but not resolution<\/i> to keep the audience on its toes. <\/p>\n

Of course any change can mean upsetting the delicate balance that makes a character (and show) interesting. That's what makes a horse race.<\/p>\n

Of course, even more so, given that we're talking about a series of short seasons on Netflix, the creative pressure to fill out multiple 26-episode seasons is greatly alleviated. So there's that, which is a good thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nHow Dexter Is Going To Affect Jessica Jones Season 2 – CINEMABLEND<\/a><\/span>
\nWhen discussing how to approach the title character in Season 2, Jessica Jones’ showrunner revealed what not to do when exploring later seasons of a series- and how her work on Dexter may have failed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jessica Jones creator, showrunner, and writer Melissa Rosenberg learned a lot from her time working on Dexter — to wit, don't "cure" a damaged character. That seems in keeping with the infamous Moonlighting syndrome, where the romantic tension between the lead characters was resolved in later seasons — and, suddenly, the show lost much of … Continue reading “Keeping "Jessica Jones" from jumping the shark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23839,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/18\/purple-prose-and-jessica-jones.html","url_meta":{"origin":131598,"position":0},"title":"Purple Prose and Jessica Jones","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 18-Nov-11 11:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"Having just finished rereading the books, I'm very excited about an Alias ... er, aka Jessica Jones TV series, and the writer here seems to have a good grasp on the character (though I'm filled with cognitive dissonance about her also writing the newest Twilight movie and for Dexter ...).Less\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136877,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/08\/the-new-jessica-jones-comi.html","url_meta":{"origin":131598,"position":1},"title":"The new “Jessica Jones” comi","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 8-Aug-18 5:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/18965459\/status\/1027339863337578496 @PHenry1991 @79SemiFinalist @MattiaIulis Completely agree -- Jessica\/Alias is a title\/character I've long loved, and this is a fully worthy passing on of the baton.","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128911,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/21\/jessica-jones-i-am-so-along-for-the-ride.html","url_meta":{"origin":131598,"position":2},"title":"Jessica Jones — I am so along for the ride","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 21-Nov-15 6:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"One episode in ...This is not Brian Bendis' Alias comic. 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