Posted on 02/28/2005 3:51:30 PM PST by missyme
The initial ratings looked good, but like the exit polls in November, they were skewed. Turns out the ratings for the AAs were down.
On another Oscar thread, it was said that the ratings were 5% lower than last year's show.
oh..ok then
Right now entertainment is one of America's largest exports. Movies are now made for an international market, which explains the reliance on sex, action, violence, etc. Comedy often doesn't translate to other cultures.
Hollweird ruined their own reputations, bank accounts, and reputations, they should be scared.
The promoton of the Oscars this year has just been non-stop. Even the day after, the promoters got out the early word that "the ratings were up".
But that was just the ratings from the large cities. The Blue States. Later this afternoon they got the results from the rest of the country and it turns out the Red states turned off in droves and the ratings were actually down.
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They're making more money than ever. It's very difficult to lose money in Hollywood these days...
Hollywood has gotten into an "us vs. them" mentality, and we - conservatives, traditionalists - are "them." When half of the country feels that the Oscars are likely to be used as a platform to mock their values or their political choices, they tune out. Plus, so many of the entertainers are simply boring as individuals; without a script, they have nothing to say. And finally, speaking as a male, none of the actresses have feminine bodies anymore; they've got these dresses down to their navels, but they've got nothing to show.
"On the one hand, commentators predict that the more networks are forced to sanitize shows, the less people will be inclined to watch."
I fail to see how this would be a bad thing.
Exactly.Why Broadcast Journalism is
Unnecessary and Illegitimate
That's "alleged" comedian.
Thanks
With the exception of Scarlett Johannsen (sp?), I agree :)
Rock cannot speak a line without an obscenity. To have been made to do so must have left him virtually speechless and he had to resort to asinine and lame political jokes about Bush. Whatta disaster! Old George Eastman must be spinning in his grave knowing of the immoral indecencies characterized by the Hollyweirds being given awards in the Kodak Theater.
Right. So figure you're a Hollywood executive. You know that something like more than half of the profits will come from Asia, South/Central America, and Western Europe. You have two scripts in front of you:
Script A: An action adventure movie with a Brad Pitt type character and no less than a half dozen exotic cars blowing up on a beach in South California filled with bikini clad babes with Matrix-like special effects.
Script B: A "side-splitting" gentle comedy that takes place in an Amish community.
Both movies cost $100 million to make and if you choose wrong, then you get to be fired and known as the guy who made the "Amish comedy."
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