How many "The Plays The Thing" writers does it take to change a lightbulb?
About two thousand of us, I'd guess. One to be filmed discussing, thinking about, planning to change and then actually changing the bulb; and the rest of us to watch the programme and say;
"That's dreadful! What on earth was the motivation for changing that bulb at that point? I wouldn't have changed it that way anyway - and it wouldn't have been a lightbulb it would have been a striplamp. When you think about it, it's hardly original - loads of people have changed lightbulbs before, and done it much better. And there's absolutely no way I would have included that bit with the ladder - it was just awful! I bet the Director or Producer is a friend."
I would have thought that was obvious - forget the symbolism mallarkey, it's so the writer can stand in the spotlight!
Oh, yes, and it's different with crime writers. You only need two of them to change a lightbulb - one to screw it almost all the way in and the other to give it an unexpected little twist at the end!
And does it matter? The director will think it will work better if it was a flourescent tube, the cast will search their inner soul for the meaning of electricity, the techies will moan about not having the right connectors and costume will worry about reflections from the buttons.
And publicity will debate for days whether it's worth a 4 colour poster, flyer and program front to show darkness or whether, this time, they could get away with it in mono!
HAHAHA!!!... I like that! 
