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   more. Perhaps that's the point. I'm not sure. What I am sure of is   
   thisÂ…   
   Women are from Venus. Men are from Mars. Hamlet does not scan as   
   Hamletta. Nor does Han Solo as Han Sally. Faceman is not the same as   
   Facewoman. Nor does a Stardoe a Starbuck make. Men hand out cigars.   
   Women `hand out´ babies. And thus the world, for thousands of years,   
   has gone round.   
   I am also sure that Show Business has been morphing for many decades now   
   and has finally become Biz Business. The creative artists have lost and   
   the Suits have won. Suits. Administrators. Technocrats. Metro-sexual   
   money-men (and women) who create formulas to guarantee profit margins.   
   Because movies and television shows are not made to enlighten or even   
   entertain but simply to make money. They will tell you it is (still)   
   about story and character but all it is really about is efficiency.   
   About The Formula. Because Harvard Business School Technocrats run   
   Hollywood and what Technocrats know is what must be removed from all   
   business is Risk. And I tell you life, real life, is all about risk. I   
   tell you that without risk you have no creativity, no art. I tell you   
   that without risk you have Remakes. You have Charlie's Angels, The   
   Saint, Mission Impossible, The A-Team (coming soon) Battlestar   
   Galactica. All risk-free brand names, franchises.   
   For you see, TV Shows (and movies) are made and sold according to the   
   same business formula as hamburger franchises. So that it matters not if   
   the `best´ hamburger, what matters is that you `think´ it is the   
   best. And you do think it's the best, because you have been told to;   
   because all of your favourite celebrities are seen munching it on TV.   
   The big money is not spent on making the hamburger or the television   
   show, but on the marketing of the hamburger/show. (One 60-second   
   commercial can cost more than it does to film a one-hour episode.) It   
   matters not to Suits if it is Starbuck or Stardoe, if the Cylons are   
   robots or lingerie models, if the show is full of optimism and morality   
   or pessimism and amorality. What matters is that it is marketed well, so   
   that all you people out there in TV land know that you must see this   
   show. And after you see it, you are told that you should like it. That   
   it is new and bold and sleek and sexy and best of allÂ… it is   
   Re-imagined!   
   So grab a Coke from the fridge (not the Classic Coke, but the re-   
   imagined kind with fewer calories) and send out for a McDonald's   
   Hamburger (the re-imagined one with fewer carbs) and tune in to Stardoe   
   and Cylon #6 (or was it #69?) and Enjoy The Show.   
   And if you don't enjoy the show, or the hamburger and coke, it's not the   
   fault of those re-imaginative technocrats that brought them to you. It   
   is your fault. You and your individual instincts, tastes, judgement.   
   Your refusal to let go of the memory of the show that once was. You just   
   don't know what is good for you. But stay tuned. After another 13   
   episodes (and millions of dollar of marketing), you will see the light.   
   You, your instincts, your judgement, are wrong. McDonald's is the best   
   hamburger on the planet, Coca-Cola the best drink. Stardoe is the best   
   Viper Pilot in the Galaxy. And Battlestar Galactica, contrary to what   
   your memory tells you, never existed before the Re-imagination of 2003.   
   I disagree. But perhaps, you had to be there.   
   Dirk Benedict, writing in Dreamwatch, May 2004   
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