A short article (from the Associated Press so it may time out, sorry) Director Thomas finds passion project online leads with:
 Director Betty Thomas neatly sums up the benefits of making a low-budget online series: a lack of high-level meddling.
“There’s no network saying, ‘Oh, Betty, I’m not sure viewers will like that character if she picks that banana up,'” the Emmy-winning actress turned director said. Mention that the character enjoys fruit, she said, and the network comeback may be, “But what does a banana symbolize?”