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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by kevinmchugh on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:24PM (#31991859)
Atlanta and Barry both have small director pools, being mostly Hiro Murai and the series star/creator. Even those benefit from being able to switch for tonal benefit.

To some extent I think Louie set the precedent there, as CK was given complete creative control. Comedians were asking for "the Louis deal". Glover (and Ansari) seemed to get it, and both had the sense to hire other talented people. Louie (the show) suffers from its self-indulgence to the point it can't be rated that highly, where Atlanta maybe mostly avoids that fate.

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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by tptacek on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @05:56PM (#31994248)
Barry has something like 11 writers, and 6 directors, though Berg and Hader direct most of them. Arguably, writing in TV shows is more (or at least equally as) important than direction.
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