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ABC Pushes the Envelope For Oscar Promotions (Dinosaur Media Extinction Alert)
The Wall Street Journal ^
| Feb 27, 2006
| By JOHN LIPPMAN
Posted on 02/27/2006 3:13:23 AM PST by abb
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To: abb
I won't watch it. What normal American is interested in "Brokeback Mountain?" Hollywood has no good mainstream movies people like. This is gonna be the lowest-rated Oscars ever. Good riddance.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:31:06 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: DustyMoment; abb
They have fouled their own nest and are too dumb to recognize it. Mainstream Americans are sending Hollyweird a HUGE message - that's why box office receipts are down. Especially considering this is occuring simultaneously with robust economic expansion.
To: Dallas59
"What are the "Oscars"?"
Just one more self indulgent, self congratulatory self promotion given by a talentless group of self important nitwits.
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:50:51 AM PST
by
Pietro
To: abb
I'll bet they all trip over themselves to shower praise on
Backside Mountin'.
I refuse to watch that "homos on the range" flick,
besides, I rearly go to see films that I know are painful in the end.
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:53:11 AM PST
by
Bon mots
To: abb
What amazes me is that there is even one person out there who actually watches this orgy of self-congratulory back-slapping by a bunch of over-inflated egos.
Screw you, Hollywood - I've got much better things to do with my time than watch your pukefest.
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:57:35 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
To: abb
Will ABC have Jon Stewart reprise the 'tent scene' from Brokeback Mountain with ?
To: Pietro
Just one more self indulgent, self congratulatory self promotion given by a talentless group of self important nitwits. AKA 'The Gay Super Bowl." I ask you - when during the rest of the year do the networks doggedly pursue such a small audience segment?
To: abb
Jon Stewart is a talented comedian. But for this show he (and its producers) must choose. If he stays true to his left-wing schtick, he'll alienate half the audience bigtime. If he tries to stay away from that, he'll be too boring.
To: abb
You want ratings? Replace Jon Stewart with Patrick Stewart. At least then all the Trekkers will be watching.
Don Knotts(*) is funnier than Jon Stewart.
TS
(*) Yes, I know.
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:13:07 AM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: NutCrackerBoy
Its obvious that Hollywood knows the Oscars are a joke, they place a Comedian in charge of it. I never heard of Jon Stewart. Is he a Comedian? As a matter of fatc what happened to Comedy. Saturday Night Live now is about as funny as a brain tumor.
To: abb
Saw Ebert & Roeper the other day, and they did a segment on "If We Picked the Oscars." After they went through the nominees for awhile, I finally just yelled, "Okay, I get it! McCarthyism bad! CBS Newsmen good! Racism bad! Pimps, gays and transsexuals good! Oil and pharmaceutical companies bad! Too...MUCH...POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!"
Meanwhile, the #1 movie this weekend was "Medea's Family Reunion," a critically-reviled comedy drama, written, directed by and starring Tyler Perry, a man who works entirely outside the Hollywood system, making movies that encourage his fellow black people to reject drugs and thuggishness, respect each other, obey the law, be responsible to their families and go to church. It made over $30 million in three days.
Hollywood loves to send Americans messages; I wonder if they ever get the messages that Americans are sending them?
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:17:54 AM PST
by
HHFi
To: abb
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:20:26 AM PST
by
devane617
(The truth, not politics, is right for our beautiful America.)
To: sgtbono2002
I didn't mind (much) when the Oscars were just a popularity contest among the Hollyweirdos. I didn't mind that awards ceremonies are pretty much content-free. I enjoyed being entertained by a smart comedian and the beautiful women in their beautiful clothes.
But now the dominance of the stupid, stupid Hollyweird politics is tooo much.
To: abb
This should not be necessary. Why, I expect the whole world will wait with bated breath to learn how many awards have been given to Brokeback Mountain.
To: Bon mots
Some choice bon mots, Bon mots. ;-)
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:28:22 AM PST
by
an amused spectator
(Bush Runner! The Donkey is after you! Bush Runner! When he catches you, you're through!)
To: madprof98
This is the gay agenda. I guess when it comes to depicting perverts in a good light, no one does better than Hollywood.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:29:50 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: abb
I heard that the top five movies collectivly reaped LESS than the Chronicles of Narnia.
I won't be watching!
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:37:36 AM PST
by
MadelineZapeezda
(If you right click on Madeline Albright's image, my name should show up!)
To: HHFi
LOL! I was telling someone the other day that the IMDB website was heavily liberally biased, and that you can tell by the ratings (on a 10.0 scale) that they give out.
Of course, Backside Mountin' has got an 8.0, and this movie of yours, Madea's Family Reunion, has got a 3.9!!!
If it's patriotic or Christian, the IMDB usually craps all over the rating. ;-)
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:40:43 AM PST
by
an amused spectator
(Bush Runner! The Donkey is after you! Bush Runner! When he catches you, you're through!)
To: abb
Host to Appear in Every Ad For Sunday Awards Telecast; A Year With No 'Titanic' Is this a joke by the WSJ? The Oscars ITSELF is the Titanic. A ritzy, liberal, sex-and-drugs Bush-bashing cruise that's going to get sliced and diced by the iceberg of American sensibility and disgust.
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:46:57 AM PST
by
Kieri
(Midwestern Snark Claw and Feather Club Member)
To: abb
I expect that the Oscars will get pretty good ratings since it has no noteworthy competition on TV next Sunday. That is unlike the Olympics, which had to compete with "American Idol", "Survivor", "Dancing With The Stars", etc. (BTW, I thought that the wrestler-chick on "Dancing With The Stars" got robbed!)
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:54:36 AM PST
by
JoeGar
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