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  • Susan Lacy
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  • Susan Lacy
    • Susan Lacy on why she felt the need to preserve America's cultural heritage with American Masters on television
      Clip begins at: 32:00
    • Susan Lacy on how American Masters came about after she left American Playhouse
      Clip begins at: 42:47, Duration: 01m 23s
    • Susan Lacy on the vision behind American Masters which she developed while working on a project at Sundance
      Clip begins at: 48:03
    • Susan Lacy on why she wanted American Masters to air in primetime
      Clip begins at: 00:01
    • Susan Lacy on approaching American Masters like independent film
      Clip begins at: 03:54
    • Susan Lacy on believing in American Masters from the beginning and its success with critics; on her passion for the series
      Clip begins at: 06:15
    • Susan Lacy on the mission behind American Masters and why it's not a typical celebrity biography series
      Clip begins at: 09:44
    • Susan Lacy on the genesis of American Masters and how the idea for the series came to her
      Clip begins at: 21:05
    • Susan Lacy on why there is no host on American Masters and how she wanted each episode to have its own voice
      Clip begins at: 26:30
    • Susan Lacy on coming up with the American Masters title
      Clip begins at: 28:34
    • Susan Lacy on how the subjects for American Masters are chosen
      Clip begins at: 31:27
    • Susan Lacy on programming changes to American Masters after it was cancelled and came back in order to keep ratings up
      Clip begins at: 34:46
    • Susan Lacy on what makes American Masters unique and the requirements for their "masters"- having a significant body of work, but "it's not a formula"
      Clip begins at: 40:02
    • Susan Lacy on the American Masters episodes which one can really learn a lot from, like the Bob Dylan episode "it's a history lesson"
      Clip begins at: 48:27
    • Susan Lacy on the feeling of being in the edit room for the "a-ha!" moments; such as "Reaching for the Note" from the American Masters' on Leonard Bernstein
      Clip begins at: 56:25
    • Susan Lacy on having a few regrets with American Masters
      Clip begins at: 00:01
    • Susan Lacy on the American Masters' on Rod Serling which they framed as a Twilight Zone episode, shot in 35mm black and white
      Clip begins at: 03:03
    • Susan Lacy on the American Masters' on James Baldwin
      Clip begins at: 10:21
    • Susan Lacy on the future of American Masters and the measure of the series' success
      Clip begins at: 44:00
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