“In David’s case,” Lombardo said, “he and Eric wrote a script, a very detailed synopsis of where they were taking the show. But it wasn’t only a treatise: he made you read it while listening to a soundtrack. And David would ask you, ‘Did you listen to the music while you were reading this?’ And you’d go, ‘Uhhhh…’ “
“The way David presented it,” Plepler explained further, “was with a musical accompaniment and detailed instructions of what to listen to while you were reading it. It’s an unusual request of an auteur to an executive.”
