When you lose everything, love comes into focus.
Let’s take a new approach. Let’s go after local resident and legend Adrian Grenier and see if we can give him another successful show. Let’s feature Austin, SXSW, ACL, Barton Springs, and Formula 1, all as part of what gives this show gravitas. It’s going to be a must-see on HBO (our first choice), because the heart behind the show is writer and single dad advocate, John McElhenney. (Me.)
How would a tv show bring about real change in the family law that gives dads the old 70/30 shaft and asks us to accept that moms should be given the house, the money, and the kids? That’s the way it was in the ’50s. But the states don’t want to give up the gravy train of child support collections. That’s what makes up 80% of most Attorney General’s budgets. And it’s paid for by the government. The states are incentivized to assign child support to one of the parents and then they make their money based on the “money” they have under management.
If you would like to be an early script reviewer or a pilot test group member, please reach out to me via email here: john.mcelhenney (at) gmail (dot) com.
Here’s the pilot teaser. If you know Adrian, tell him I’m working on the funding to pilot his next big show.
The Off Parent — pilot teaser (youtube)
John McElhenney — let’s connect online
@jmacofearth & Facebook & LinkedIn & The Whole Parent
PLEASE READ: Letters to a Young Artist in the Digital Age from John Oakley McElhenney
