![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ARROW is one of the best exponents of the new type of comic-book-derived drama, arguably as good as or even better than SMALLVILLE (which was, thematically, all over the map). In the multi-band, multi-channel, multi-device electronic age, where viewers tend to have attention span of a hummingbird, nighttime TV has astonishingly borrowed the Rule Book of daytime soap operas and, lo!, plots never actually resolve, they just become more complex. And you have action even before the characterizations are fully developed. You can now have action many times in the body of a show, it is permitted, even encouraged. How many TV shows followed that formula I cannot say, but the number was in the 100s. Back when shows prioritized the characterizations above the action and, if indeed there was action, it took place precisely in the last 7 minutes of the episode, and was all done with before the close, giving the characters a chance to make light comic banter, close down the storyline, and give the audience a chance to go to the toilet. Let's take a moment of mourning for the TV plot arcs of yore. ![]()
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