TMC
09-17-2019, 02:26 AM
He says 90210 was "in trouble" and "not great" (https://www.fame10.com/entertainment/beverly-hills-90210s-11-worst-storylines/) since high school graduation, and expected the show to end after Season 5 (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/4392-seasons-4-7-the-college-years/?do=getNewComment).
He also compares Shannen Doherty leaving the show to Michael Jordan leaving the Chicago Bulls.
He didn't want the college/school aspect to overshadow the show, and it looks like he was already concerned that the show either was, or could, head into "soap"/Melrose Place territory.
https://ew.com/article/1994/03/11/luke-perry-grows/2/
What Perry does want from what will likely be his final season is more realism. ”I wouldn’t want it to become like Melrose Place — who’s sleeping with who. I want it less of a Harlequin romance novel and more of a serious contemporary look at what it means to be the ages of these characters. I don’t want it to revolve around any college. That’s a bunch of s—. Anyhow, my character’s quitting college — this might come as a news flash to everybody. I don’t think that’s a fair representation of life, that you have to go to college and do well to get anywhere. And the bottom line is, why does a kid with over $100 million need to go to college?”
He also compares Shannen Doherty leaving the show to Michael Jordan leaving the Chicago Bulls.
He didn't want the college/school aspect to overshadow the show, and it looks like he was already concerned that the show either was, or could, head into "soap"/Melrose Place territory.
https://ew.com/article/1994/03/11/luke-perry-grows/2/
What Perry does want from what will likely be his final season is more realism. ”I wouldn’t want it to become like Melrose Place — who’s sleeping with who. I want it less of a Harlequin romance novel and more of a serious contemporary look at what it means to be the ages of these characters. I don’t want it to revolve around any college. That’s a bunch of s—. Anyhow, my character’s quitting college — this might come as a news flash to everybody. I don’t think that’s a fair representation of life, that you have to go to college and do well to get anywhere. And the bottom line is, why does a kid with over $100 million need to go to college?”