Posted on 02/16/2006 6:34:26 AM PST by veronica
The still living but quite advanced in age Harper Lee never wrote another book after To Kill a Mockingbird. For long decades she has refused to grant any interviews. She claims she's not a hermit, but her sole venture into any kind of public life happened only a few years ago, when she agreed to accept an honorary degree at her alma mater, which, I believe, is the University of Alabama.
Thank you. I remembered that it didn't win Best Picture (mostly as trivia) but I couldn't remember what did win.
They have a high opinion of their own "complexity" but think the rest of us are boobs. That must create an enormous amount of self-loathing, thinking you are above the people you make movies for.
I actually meant the characters in the movies. Hollywood hates complex characters. So do some audiences. A semi-well-known director once got a preview card back that read, "I didn't like it very much. It made me think too much." He had it framed and hung it over his desk.
I know. My point was that Hollywoodies don't think the rest of us are anything but simplistic caricatures and aren't well-rounded people like themselves, so we can't understand characters of any complexity, either. I have some small experience with this mindset, and it was not a shock but was depressing to find it so pervasive.
My experience with it was different. Some of the uni-dimensional characters were due to the global nature of the business. Complexity, like comedy, doesn't export well. Another aspect is the collaborative nature of the business. Too many cooks in the kitchen.
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