My So-called Life writer tells Oprah, HBO: These Things Happen! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Intervie

Today's Guest: Writer Richard Kramer, writer for TV's "Thirtysomething," "My So-called Life," "Tales of the City" and "Once and Again" and author of the coming-of-age novel These Things Happen.
 

Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with writer Richard Kramer, writer for TV's "Thirtysomething," "My So-called Life," "Tales of the City" and "Once and Again" and author of the coming-of-age novel These Things Happen, by clicking on the video player above!

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of current and former teenaged girls who can’t believe that the Claire Danes in “My So-called Life” and the Claire Danes in “Homeland” is playing two completely different characters – wink, wink… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

“Thirtysomething.”

“My So-called Life.”

“Tales of the City.”

“Once and Again.”

I feel confident saying that I have seen the complete runs of two television series with which writer, director and producer Richard Kramer has been associated — “Thirtysomething” and “Once and Again.”
RICHARD KRAMER podcast excerpt: "It's a coming-of-age story but it's not about teenagers. And it's a coming out story that is not about gayness."
You can LISTEN to this interview with THIRTYSOMETHING and MY SO-CALLED LIFE writer RICHARD KRAMER, author of the novel THESE THINGS HAPPEN, by clicking the audio player above!

And that I may have never seen a single episode of the other two, “My So-called Life” and “Tales of the City.”

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
RICHARD KRAMER: "We can't believe how Claire Danes grew up. We think of her at 14, when she was this little girl who just came in to audition for 'My So-called Life,' having done one TV show, and we went, 'Oh, my God, who is this?' She was completely focused and adult at 14."
“Thirtysomething” and “Once and Again” were two shows that spoke to me at times when I matched up with t