I went without Twitter for months, and had friends attempting to find me to see if I was okay because I had disappeared. During this time, I was mocked by my bosses because I pointed out that forcing me to delete social media was illegal, that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to work there anymore, or even saying they should make me start over from zero on Twitter.
I’m not sure Cody was even aware that I had edited anything for his company. Apparently QT Marshall had suggested I edit something when the normal editors were all busy and he said ‘Really? You’re suggesting Louie to me?’ Even though I had edited a few packages he was in and several episodes of his wife’s cooking show.
Side bar about QT. He was always very kind to me, and there were plenty of times I felt like he was my only ally in the whole organization. I have nothing but good things to say about QT.
Finally, in February, Cody made positive remarks to my face, saying that I had gone through hell and pushed through and I was the man now, going as far as to say ‘I like Louie now.’
It was nice, but out of nowhere because I’d only had about 45 seconds worth of interaction with him over the past 8 months. I don’t know if this was an attempt to apologize for how I was treated. Heck, I don’t know if he KNOWS how I was treated. He never actually said he was sorry, but I at least felt like I had a monkey off my back.
Things got weird when covid reared its head. Work slowed down. My main job had been working on web shows. Dark, Control Center, etc. I would sit behind the camera, and follow the script with the talent, sometimes advising on pronunciations or deliveries.
In other projects I’ve worked on, this is called a producer. I even had talent calling me as such. Tony Schiavone, somebody I greatly admire, gave me one of the greatest compliments I’ve ever received, ‘You’re full of sh*t, but you’re a hell of a producer.’
But I was warned that I shouldn’t refer to myself as producing or being a producer, because my boss hadn’t said that I was a producer. It didn’t matter that I was doing the work, or that said boss wasn’t in the room for 80% of the shoots, because he hadn’t decreed it, it wasn’t so.
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