I was really glad to see ACS win at the WGA awards. But Maggie Cohn's speech made me wonder about something. Do you think there was some rift behind the scenes regarding the writing credits? I noticed she thanked very few people in her speech, and neither she or Tom Rob Smith (on Twitter) thanked each other after the win. I also remember Ryan pointedly saying a couple of times during the Emmy campaign and awards season that TRS wrote all the eps himself. (continued)
(continued from previous) Also in the photos of the media kit that were posted on your ACS blog, TRS was initially the only writer listed for ep 8 and she was only added later. Plus none of the producers seemed to attend the WGA West ceremony she was at, despite usually at least one attending to support the show’s nominees in other fields, like Alexis Martin Woodall supporting the music guild nominee recently. Do you think there was disagreement over her credit, or another kind of fall out?
Alexis Martin Woodall was actually nominated as a music supervisor with Amanda Krieg Thomas at the Music Supervisors Guild Awards for Pose. The only other guild award ceremony she attended so far was the Producers Guild Awards, which she was nominated for ACS. Other than that, I don’t think she or the other producers have attended any guild awards they weren’t nominated for. Ryan Murphy should show up at the Costume Designers Guild Awards tonight, but that’s because he’s receiving a collaboration award.
As for Ryan Murphy mentioning that TRS wrote all the episodes himself, I think it’s more the case of Ryan not knowing about the nitty gritty, day-to-day parts of the production (since he produces a ton of shows). Not to downplay Cohn’s contribution, but the whole script really was TRS’ brain child, while Cohn was brought in because they were crunched for time.
I did check the press kit and you’re right that she wasn’t originally credited for episode 8. I don’t know if there was a fallout per se, as Tom Rob Smith is complimentary about her and the rest of the script team, but now that you point it out it was likely she negotiated for a writer’s credit, rightly so if she did a lot of heavy lifting and met the guild requirements to get credited. I read it as more a professional issue that got solved rather than a personal problem that’s persisted for over a year. What do you think? Agree? Disagree?
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