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Simon. “Anyone can be a filmmaker with today’s mobile devices today so you have to
be that much better to stand out. I’ll take that challenge.”
Simon is critical of commercial networks for “dumbing down” half-hour comedy shows
today with the same production format and easy, often offensive dialogue. “Why do
sitcoms today have to be so broad and silly? Why do we have to have a Black show,
two Asian shows, an Irish show? There is no sitcom we watch today like people
watched All in the Family in the 1970’s.”
Today the hour-long drama is the Golden Age of Television, according to Simon. “They
have evolved and now have great sophistication,” he added. “So many of these shows
are written with depth and are quickly becoming our cultural literature because people
don’t read anymore.”
David Steven Simon lives in Dobbs Ferry, NY, a Westchester County community with
Main Street charm that over the years has attracted writers, directors, designers,
editors, photographers, special effects producers, and actors. In 2013, through one of
these creative collaborations, Simon wrote, directed, and produced That’s New to Me,
a “CGI-fueled wild ride” comedy short for The Wit Protection Program starring Caroline
Rhea, Jay Potter, and Chip Zien.
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“As a director,
David is creative and
collaborative with
all of his actors.
I loved being part of
Dante and Beatrice.
I didn’t want the
project to end.”
- Tracy Brooks Swope