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   From: estasiak@att.net   
      
   > YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name)   
   > > Ed Stasiak   
   > >   
   > > Hollywood doesn't cater to the Public's taste, as much as it forces   
   > > the Public to consume whatever it makes or go with nothing at all.   
   >   
   > I didn't say they actually wanted those movies. It makes very little   
   > difference what the actual movie is which happens to be playing,   
   > the general dumbass public simply "must" go to the movies every   
   > Friday / Saturday night   
      
   But desiring a bit of entertainment on the weekend doesn't make   
   the Public dumbasses, nor is the Public responsible for the shitty   
   quality of entertainment coming out of Hollywood.   
      
   The movie studios and tv networks have all become just divisions   
   of one or another metanational corporation and this has resulted   
   in them being subjected to the same industrial efficiency processes   
   that, for example, a tennis shoe factory would be put under; produce   
   a product that appeals to the widest range of consumers at the   
   lowest cost possible, to generate maximum profits.   
      
   That Star Trek flick has to appeal not only to fans in Peoria but   
   also to movie goers in Peshawar, Petropavlovsk, Pago Pago, etc.   
   and that means everything must be is dumbed down to a global   
   standard.   
      
   Movies have become consumer products no different then Big Macs,   
   whatever elements of art that are retained is happenstance.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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