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   "catpandaddy"  wrote in message   
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   > >> > In article , Jim Gysin   
   > >> >  wrote:   
   > >> >> Barry Margolin sent the following on 11/16/2010 10:34 PM:   
   > >> >> > In article,   
   > >> >> >   Jim Gysin  wrote:   
   > >> >> >>   
   > >> >> >> Again, I'm talking about SF *fans*, so once you start talking   
   about   
   > >> >> >> people who don't like westerns not watching westerns, you're   
   going   
   > >> >> >> off-track.   
   > >> >> >   
   > >> >> > But you can't make a profit operating a network that just caters   
   to   
   > >> >> > this   
   > >> >> > niche demographic.   
   > >> >> >   
   > >> >> > If SyFy were doing this for artistic value, then we'd certainly   
   get   
   > >> >> > high   
   > >> >> > quality fare (and they wouldn't have changed their name).  But   
   it's   
   > >> >> > a   
   > >> >> > *business*, and that means attracting a broader audience.   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >> Syfy made the changes that it made because it wanted a larger   
   > >> >> audience.   
   > >> >> That's not the same thing as saying that Syfy could not have   
   continued   
   > >> >> on just fine without making the changes.  Like most businesses, they   
   > >> >> wanted to grow; they wanted a bigger piece of the pie, even though   
   > > there   
   > >> >> was nothing wrong with the piece that they had to begin with.   
   > >> >    
   > >> >   
   > >> > That's called "big business" and is run by greedy morons who far too   
   > > often   
   > >> > drive their company into the ground, and then leave with an obscene   
   > > amount   
   > >> > of money while the real workers get nothing.  X-(   
   > >>   
   > >> Yeah, those poor actors are homeless and must beg for food.   
   > >   
   > > Nobody said anything about actors, but they do get over-paid obscene   
   > > amounts, just like greedy management does.   
   >   
   > Yeah, and it's not like they have any special skills, like bringing   
   > fictional characters to life or anything.  They should be busted down to   
   > minimum wage.   
      
   Yep, you're right. Most of them don't have any special skills and far too   
   many are "big names" purely because of luck (getting the right role at the   
   right time) ... but NOBODY on the planet is actually worth paying those   
   kinds of obscene amounts of money, whether they're an actor, sportstar,   
   other celebrity, politician or in upper management. It's always the general   
   public who in the end are footing the bill for these greedy people.   
      
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