That's the beauty of it! We're already doing something right, or we wouldn't be wardens already. We just gotta treat it like a movie or a TV show, think about it that way.
[He points at Ford.]
You had a redemption arc, 'cause you graduated. That's automatically interesting! If someone's actually watching all this, they're probably invested in you succeeding as a warden. If you got demoted right now, it'd probably be disappointing because they already watched you learn lessons about yourself.
[Then, at himself!]
Meanwhile I'm probably coasting by on the comedy value they get from making a career criminal into a cop. Fair enough! It's a funny bit! "Let's watch the new warden joke around about all the times he's been in jail before and piss off inmates!". But that's not gonna last forever, 'cause jokes get old when you do them too many times. The second they stop laughing, they're probably gonna start looking for a "twist" to do to me.
Spam!
[He points at Ford.]
You had a redemption arc, 'cause you graduated. That's automatically interesting! If someone's actually watching all this, they're probably invested in you succeeding as a warden. If you got demoted right now, it'd probably be disappointing because they already watched you learn lessons about yourself.
[Then, at himself!]
Meanwhile I'm probably coasting by on the comedy value they get from making a career criminal into a cop. Fair enough! It's a funny bit! "Let's watch the new warden joke around about all the times he's been in jail before and piss off inmates!". But that's not gonna last forever, 'cause jokes get old when you do them too many times. The second they stop laughing, they're probably gonna start looking for a "twist" to do to me.