Tapping and Cooper interviewed
Summary for Solutions by “Aurora Novarum”
The New York Times featured Stargate SG-1, as well as Battlestar Galactica, recently. Interviewed were SG-1 cast member Amanda Tapping and executive producer Robert C. Cooper.
The article reads in part:
Ms. Tapping, who has been in the cast for that entire run, said she thought one important part of the success was something not often associated with the genre: humor.
“At the core of it all is a chuckle,” she said. Or sometimes, many chuckles: another favorite memory is of a guest appearance by the expert cut-up Dom DeLuise in Season 3. “I don’t know how they got shots of us not laughing,” Ms. Tapping said.
Later, when interviewing Cooper, he agreed stating: “I wouldn’t say it’s full-on tongue-in-cheek, but we do have a unique sense of humor.”
The article notes the second half of Season Nine is about to start, with Season Ten in the works. “And so instead of winding things down, Season 9 has been used to pep them up, with new characters and ideas. “We decided to sort of reinvent the show,” Mr. Cooper said. “We have the best of the old and the best of the new going forward.”
The full article is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/arts/television/01tv_cover.html (Warning, registration, though free, is required.)
Editor’s note for our newest Stargate SG-1 fans: Even though Neil Genzlinger, the author of the piece, has some inaccuracies concerning the show in this article, the positive exposure in “mainstream” media is noteworthy. — Aurora
[Thanks to ApophisLives for the tip — Aurora]