Lose the 70s. I'm not going to lose the 70s.

Mike just told me that though we can't lose Janet, we'll have to give her something that ties her more strongly to the 20s' plot. I'm paraphrasing. The way he circles my rose bush with snipping sheers makes me edgy at best, wary, recalcitrant (whatever that means) and fuming on other levels, clearly. I wish I could engage a great filmmaker in this discussion. I'd ask Mr. X,
"Don't you agree with me, that both the 70s and the 20s are essential in bringing this story to life?" The inclusion of these eras are the story. One cannot exist without the other; if that is attempted then it's an entirely different story, which I didn't write and don't know. I'm so tired of having this defensive discussion with person after person. I'm not going to change this fact, ever. It's going to get to the screen as parallel time lines. Mike wants to have "answers ready when the tell us they want to lose the 70s." I've explained that Fried Green Tomatoes is a two era film, and when he said that the 70s are difficult I said well, 2001 and cave men were probably a tough sell too, but there in lies the essence of the art form. Creating, believably, that which is not there in so realistic a form that one is transported to that time.