When Einstein was teaching at Oxford—

—he gave his students an exam, and while they did it he went strolling on the grounds with his assistant.

“But, professor Einstein,” said the assistant, “you gave the same students the same test last term!”

“Yes,” said Einstein, “but the answers have changed.”

My dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

As we enter this New Year—and may it be happy for you—we too could find that the answers have changed.

Consider the plight of the struggling filmmaker. No longer can he (my pronouns, alas, are he/him) aim only at pleasing cinema, or as they say in North Am, theatrical audiences. He must have in mind the potential for series, to offer his backers also the rewards of streaming.

So it is that, with a foot in each world, I find myself proposing a comedy series, a detective series, a thriller series, even a romantic series.

Sort of fun. Let’s see how it goes.

And let’s see how it goes for you. Indeed, so challenging may the coming year be, that you might need the advice of The Doctor.

Here you can have him face to face.

And here you can acquire a completer version in book form, something to carry with you for on-the-spot consultation.

Alas, by this time next year the answers may again have changed.

Yours when you need me,

Le Docteur

Robert MacLean is an independent filmmaker. His recent The Light Touch is on Amazon PrimeTubi and Scanbox, and his 7-minute comedy is an out-loud laugh. He is also a novelist, a playwright, a blogger, a YouTuber, a film reviewer, a literary critic, and a stand-up comic poet. Born Toronto, PhD McGill, taught at Canadian universities, too cold, live Greece, Irish citizen. No brains, but an intellectual snob.


"A serious man has few ideas. A man of many ideas cannot be serious."—Paul Valéry

The Light Touch on Amazon Prime

The Natural Wish to Be Robert MacLean

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