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New York Magazine’s Frank Rich on moving to the magazine from the New York Times and producing the HBO show Veep.
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Good morning mr.
Rhodes -- good morning how are you sort of be so closely -- here -- had extracted by I don't know what.
-- -- -- our magazines.
Little over a year ago.
And I you still have to that you just.
I am saying I'm having a blast -- enjoying writing for the first time little island.
-- up liking liking it'll actually.
Does that mean when he arrived in those articles.
For the New York Times we were -- reading.
Which you were not having fun running.
You know what happened is that the same thing happened in writing op Ed column of -- happen before -- reviewing after about fifteen years I think I get awards just.
Feeling you know proud of what I done but I hit you know creatively as -- as is doing the same thing over and over again and I want to get.
More space and sort of more literary freedom then -- column the times of great but I just.
-- outside -- defected from reviewing -- wanna do it my whole career.
So you were just there are those.
Last three months -- -- -- errors.
On mail London them.
I was truck fell eleven billion it but I felt I was I was reaching the point where -- might.
But he -- worked really hard on them -- escalated I loved working part of my writing but I just felt.
It came a little site and -- me and I don't think but I have sold the like doing a crossword puzzle after awhile and wanted to.
Be liberated from that else want to do some.
Other work in addition to writing have been doing some TV we'll we'll have a couple years and all the producing a TV series so that I could have time for stuff like that as well.
-- -- as your nominal.
Spread -- vol Maureen -- girlfriend actually at MRI band.
But I get the feeling.
-- that.
There lately.
Past -- years in fact.
That -- -- sometimes -- us.
To gazelle -- like -- I got some melted due to resist doses softened.
Along.
Sliding more you know I would -- -- -- examples on -- remain very very short.
And and funny and yellen and we have this week -- -- right except from Ireland really yeah.
Different from everyone else but the truth is regardless of the paper the columnist at certain points.
If you you know introduce something too long to pick it there's a sameness about there's no question and he can get bored I don't think she is I think.
Some of you -- people came before me stayed stayed too -- I -- to.
Leave it well I can still do something else and be when people might actually miss me -- as opposed saying when will -- jerk get off the stage or -- that.
There -- some people felt that way too.
Course you're you're assessment what she's doing.
This is I'm sure you recognize observed.
And she obviously has sought pitch every minute don't instruct our compliance resources.
Questions dollars and forty million dollars a week.
That nobody's written anymore but and Bono fractures after an -- but yeah so.
I -- so I will say that's -- the times the times is a great place but today it has had.
Like almost every new super this plus financial lows in recent years -- -- the -- think about New York is that sort of it's gonna growing.
Publication as some magazines.
-- our weirdly in a way that newspapers are not.
Hello it's assault by some cocaine -- -- there was like old -- No no no -- this book is full Wasserstein family was bought it was developed by Bruce Wasserstein and an all time now -- -- no they're not cocaine dealers.
I'm actually I'm curious to know what that -- -- so I'd like to read it but it's.
So -- -- earlier this.
Produced a show the -- of finished airing -- -- HBO cold feet.
We sort of Washington satire would truly Dreyfus all.
It was a blast to work -- and I think I think you'd find the show funny it's it's it's.
It's about a vice president you know as talk about bad jobs the worst job in Washington.
No power and surrounded by twenty somethings are trying to stab her -- each other in the back to get power on the road use or as a steppingstone that is.
-- to have power comedy and you know you can watch it on HBO demand even though the first season.
Finished airing -- -- start shooting in second season -- this -- be up next morning.
Did you -- no I've I was an executive producer which means.
So like being an -- you know looking at every -- -- every script and story line casting.
Being on the set.
If it was fully -- I would love the theater to me it felt like being in the theater and sort of to do that and right long pieces from New York I feel like I'm.
But sound -- really great.
Situation for myself.
Well they really promoted -- because.
All bomb monetary ranch in Mexico now but -- sol bus absent.
Well bourses stuff in Manhattan and but I want to point out HBO and others they've and all I saw all those.
On bus ads and abortion.
Thanks control on none of them -- read to me to watch it.
-- -- had put your entered into other.
And Rand recognize -- realized that you produce about what -- -- and Olympics soon.
Well I just don't understand why they didn't blaze in my name -- -- the side of it.
But.
I think you get -- can get -- look at it it sound.
A really good viewership and that's why it's coming back and -- -- but I think differently show.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Yes it's it's it's it's a Smart show that.
So -- workings of the cable.
Newser a fictional cable news channel and it's.
It's a it's a very interest -- Smart sure wonderful actresses including Jeff Daniels planes for the blow -- Anchorman.
And -- when we know -- done.
It's good and it it just it's just started.
It's just went to the ten episodes and it'll be running through the summer.
Hello Lester -- -- yeah there was a camera ominously the officers.
Are looking for Bill Maher and stumble stumble on SM.
From now Washington for awhile sources unusual from -- That is next thing you know you're gonna be watching to Betty White hot in Cleveland.
-- yeah.
We are you I don't -- sell mantra but I think you might find the place if they have power and it's.
Bit it's very fast paced and very.
It's very funny -- sensibility that that I think is that is that not a like your show it's like.
All these people were idiots in -- you never learned in the show what political party issues into the doesn't make any difference.
