TB and right hand gal/assistant (Little Birdie) look through binoculars.
TB: I think I see them'is it them?
LB: <looks through binoculars> Affirmative, maam. It's THEM!
TB: Don't call me maam. Ok?
LB: Ok maam.
TB and LB run from across the street, towards the COLORS Headquarters.
TB: Hey, rukho! Rukho!
<TB and LB chase down Colors execs, who are walking as if it were an Olympic race>
TB: The cameras are rolling you know! I don't want to have to write that LTL fans' opinions were being overlooked'yet again. It would look really, really bad.
Colors executives slow down.
TB: So kind of you to wait for us...thank you. <TB catches her breath. Makes note to go to gym more regularly> We know you are busy...I can understand how making the decision to drag stories can be such a drag... <TB notices that the Colors execs did not get the "colorful" play on words...they are still not laughing>
TB assumes professional avatar, clears her throat...
TB: All righty then...The brouhaha around LTL...your decision to draaa...I meant "extend" the story until the holidays end has raised quite a few eyebrows. Not just those of fans...but other networks too. It's pretty much unprecedented to sit on your hands with a top 5 show for weeks...
CE: We don't sit on our hands.
TB: Well, technically, no. But you did order LTL creatives to "extend" the story, did you not?
CE: We analyzed the situation and came to an optimal decision. We can understand everyone's upset...
TB: WE can? Who's we? <TB looks around> I'm a journalist and need to be clear when I report...
CE: WE...the channel...COLORS
TB: Oh, got it! <TB write note>
CE: We made the decision based on what we felt was best for the show.
TB: <facetiously> Clearly'.I see it, man. No need to explain...to me, at least. No need to preach to the choir as they say...but the fans deserve some explanation.
CE: We've tried to explain, it was a good decision that will benefit the fans. You'll see.
TB: Right'but I have to ask'what were you thinking? Not my question of course. I'm asking for the fans, na?
CE: Well the story was at a critical stage...the reveal...
TB: No, I meant Dutta's kurta...
CE: What?
TB: Haven't you read the letters? I got my hands on some of the letters that were addressed to you. Here let me read a few...
Dear Colors Execs:
How could you? You've ruined it all and shown utter disregard for us fans and what we want. Shame on you. First this nonsense, blah blah blah, then -- you take away the kurta? And the final nail on the coffin--the earrings. Gone! Poof! How could you do this? Are you human?
CE: <upset at hearing yet another letter like this>I don't understand why we always get blamed for this...the kurta was not our decision...make that clear in your article, TB...please, we're tired of the blame.
TB: Here's another one..
Colors,
Have you lost your minds? Not only are you ruining the story with your Bappa this, Bappa that'which has caused me to suffer horrible, recurrent headaches, which I should sue you for. But you have made Dutta wear an unseemly combination of cotton plaid shirt and CORDUROY jacket. Who wears CORDUROY jackets during the summers? Oh, the horror! Our poor Dutta...I'm surprised the poor darling hasn't suffered a heat stroke!
CE: <aghast> That's not fair...I don't think it was corduroy.
TB: What do you want to say to them?
CE: It will get better, the story is starting up again'and everyone is back from the seas. And that blazer wasn't corduroy.
TB: I think it was....<changes gears> You mentioned the holidays, were you at the seas every night?
CE: Well...no...
TB: Because neither was I. I was in front of the TV like many fans watching Naku and Babi play out their nightly ma-beti drama...you know, boo hoo?
CE: Boo hoo?
TB: Yeah, boo hoo. Boo hoo. <TB and LB mimic Babi and Naku crying> Weren't you watching your own show?
CE: Yes, but we did not think of it that way. We were giving the creative team time to delve into the psychology...the ma-beti relationship. It's very special.
TB: You mean the crying? Because what you find "special" was pretty irritating...to the fans, I mean.
CE: I don't think that is correct to say...I think fans appreciated it.
TB: They did? Okay, I'll be sure to remind the fans of how much they appreciated it.
CE: TB, just please include in whatever you write that COLORS cares about what LTL fans say and think...and we made this decision in the interest of the show and to give the fans the best total viewing experience. And we didn't make Dutta wear a corduroy blazer...and the earrings disappearing. That was not us.
TB: Is that statement cleared by your Legal Dept? Ok to print?
CEs walk away.
LB: So sensitive, aren't they?
TB: Poor babies....
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