There are only indirect or partial quotes, and what I found was mostly via deep fifth and sixth-page googling results that got me into fan forums and con reports, though I only went looking for those as a result of fan inputs mentioning such on the TVtropes site. Which is to say: nothing that I'd call well-cited concrete evidence, but then again, given they don't own the copyright and the way work-for-hire goes, I wouldn't be surprised that they have to be very circumspect in their criticisms. (Not to mention the issue of whether it might damage their careers if they got reputations for being 'difficult employees', seeing how that's exactly what they are: employees, no matter how creative or prolific or even how much of a financially positive addition they make to a company.)
So, in essence: you gotta really dig, and then you gotta read between the lines. Ahhh, except for one instance, almost forgot -- there are hints and insinuations in the DVD commentaries. Try there, if you've got the series on DVD. (I don't, so I go by what I've seen quoted.) Apparently the "some people didn't like [the abundance of strong female characters]" gets a mumbled reaction from the other partner of being "an understatement". Uh-hunh. I can do math.
Then again, I admit I'm more likely to believe such implications, too, because I can see where the third season took a nosedive on certain things.
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Date: 1 Apr 2010 04:58 am (UTC)So, in essence: you gotta really dig, and then you gotta read between the lines. Ahhh, except for one instance, almost forgot -- there are hints and insinuations in the DVD commentaries. Try there, if you've got the series on DVD. (I don't, so I go by what I've seen quoted.) Apparently the "some people didn't like [the abundance of strong female characters]" gets a mumbled reaction from the other partner of being "an understatement". Uh-hunh. I can do math.
Then again, I admit I'm more likely to believe such implications, too, because I can see where the third season took a nosedive on certain things.