I also think a lot of what was happening in those heady years between 2017 and end of 2019 was Jimmy and the crew were smoking a lot of weed and working at the same time. I’m positive that added in a lot of ways to the creativity of what was being produced, but very much (in their case) at the cost of professionalism on set. Aidra has mentioned many times that Jimmy was on her no list. Elena K. same thing. I remember now she played a small role at the very end of the 2017 Xmas special where she’s dressed up like a Victoria Secret Angel. It should be the highlight of the scene because she looks incredible, but I could never get off from it because she seems very upset and unhappy throughout the short segment. Makes a whole lot more sense now, and Jimmy was so very handsy in that scene. Blech 🤢
Finishing the thought, I’m pretty sure the new manager that took over from Phil put a stop to smoking and drinking on set. The scenes now are a lot more standardized, no more 60, 80, 120 minute creative standouts. Everything is roughly 45-48m, follows a pretty generic set of positions, and it just seems like all the fun has been removed. It’s a shame they weren’t able to strike a balance between creative license and on set professionalism. Happily SLR has filled that gap for me. Great casting, fantastic premises, and for my money well above average technical execution most of the time.
