Posted on 09/14/2020 8:18:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe a moment when something that was once widely popular, but has since grown less popular, makes a misguided attempt at generating publicity that instead only serves to highlight its irrelevance. This is especially applicable to television series or other entertainment outlets. The phrase derives from an episode of sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984), in which the character Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water-skis. This gimmick strayed absurdly outside the original storyline of the sitcom.
The idiom "jumping the shark" is pejorative, most commonly used in reference to unsuccessful gimmicks for promoting something. It is similar to "past its peak", but it more specifically suggests an unwillingness to acknowledge the fact. Originally, the phrase was used to describe an episode of a television comedy with a gimmick or unlikely occurrence desperately attempting to keep viewers' interest. Moments labeled as "jumping the shark" are considered indications that writers have exhausted their focus, that the show has strayed irretrievably from an older and better formula, or that the series as a whole is declining in quality.
The usage of "jump the shark" has subsequently broadened beyond television, indicating the moment when a brand, design, franchise, or creative effort's evolution declines, or when it changes notably in style into something unwelcome.
Have the Hollywood idiots jumped the shark? Good question.
I would say though, it’s not surprising that these Hollywood folks would support Biden over Trump. That’s how they are.
I haven’t kept up with any of the Hollywood crowd threatening to leave the country if Trump is reelected. There were some who said they were moving out when he was elected in 2016, but for some reason they stayed.
It was a joke once, but I think it was Steve Martin who said “in Hollywood, you can be a democrat or...?”
And everyone just laughed.
But the bottom line is in hollywood you tow the Marxist line or you are black listed.
Feh. Like they give a rip about Wisconsin for the other 3 years and 290 days that occur between election campaigns.
Sort of like how Jeff Goldblum returned to his alma-mater high-school here in Pittsburgh to deliver an anti-Bush rant in 2004. He had not darkened their doorframe since graduation, and hasn’t since.
Does anyone care what Hollywood thinks?
Amy Poehler is a great commediane, but she let me down with her harsh and vulgar remarks about anything conservative.
She is in lockstep with the other hysterics.
I don’t think these actors realize that not many people pay attention to an actors opinion when it’s time to vote.
Some do, yes, but perhaps less than during the Obama years.
Well, nobody on this site gives a (fill in the blank) about what Hollywood idiots think. I do wonder if any of their fans in the general public are influenced by them when they make political statements. I hope not.
nothing faker than hollywood,, eff them
I was under the impression that Hollywood was in charge of the Democratic strategy this year. I mean, what’s the messaging? Vote for Democrats or it’s the end of the world? Hollywood narrative have grown ever more threadbare and stupid in the movies, it only makes sense that this sort of thinking will be a sort of calling card for other endeavors as well.
Hollywood crapped the bed.
Hollywood bows to China so in essence our election is one again facing foreign influence
Is the Pope Catholic marxist?
The cast of The West Wing was first to announce a reunion for fundraising purposes in support of Black Lives Matter, **an admitted Communist organization**, teaming up with Michelle Obama
I really don’t know how they can live with themselves.
Voting Dem = voting Communist
There are some exceptions in Hollywood but not enough.
In centuries past, actors were the dregs of society, prostitutes, pickpockets and thieves. Hollywood "polished" their image but they are basically the same.
The Jumped the Shark in the 70s.
Check that, in reality for the last 60+ years, Hollywood has been trying to get even with Joe McCarthy.
Hollywood Censorship, Culture & Chinese Appeasement: It All Comes Down to Greed
Townhall.com ^ | August 23, 2020 | Erin Elmore ESQ
Posted on 8/23/2020, 7:30:32 AM by Kaslin
COVID restrictions are slowly beginning to lift, so AMC movie theatres just announced that it will be reopening with 15 cent movies. Great price, however, when it comes to Hollywood blockbusters, we’re not in Kansas anymore. We’re in Beijing. Not in some transformative ethereal cinematic way, but in the way that Communist China plays a significant role in what Americans see on the screen. From product placement to content censorship, stateside cinephiles can say “Hasta la vista” to movies without a motive.
The moviemaker’s motive is clearly one of financial gain. But for COVID, China would have surpassed North America as the biggest movie consumers worldwide. Couple that massive revenue source with the fact that China’s Communist regime severely restricts the number of foreign movies shown into China, approximately 34 films a year, and you have a studio who knows the audience and is eager to please.
This audience is technically the Chinese consumer, but China’s pockets are so deep and reach so broad that Hollywood makes the movies that everyone sees worldwide to please the Chinese government. The result: propaganda as product placement and content that is aligned with China’s viewpoints, which are frequently pro-China, bigoted, and authoritarian in nature.
The product placements may go totally unnoticed or seem innocuous, but the plot thickens. Take for example tech wiz Tony Stark of “Avengers End Game” fame. In the movie, he uses a cheap Chinese Vivo flip phone, which is not available in the United States. A geek such as Stark would never use such a low-quality phone; although, it’s worth noting that he also wouldn’t have much of a choice given that the U.S. government would never let Ironman use a device with such poor security features, especially when serious technology spying allegations have been credibly made against other Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE. Hollywood often requires us to suspend reality, but here they are promoting an alternate reality that could result in our military secrets being exposed or our private data targeted. This subliminal Chinese promotion, and others like it, aren’t done as an act of altruism. They are done as an act of massive financial gain for the movie studio. As long as it lines their pockets, they don’t seem to care what message they are sending to the viewer.
They also don’t care about censorship. Communist China not only guarantees that the population doesn’t see what they deem as unfavorable ideals, but it also works to make sure that China is only shown favorably.
The Communist Chinese Party does not support gay rights or allow gay marriage. In fact, according to “Newsweek”, China is the worst place in the world to be gay. That’s why China’s version of “Bohemian Rhapsody” did not address Freddie Mercury’s sexuality. They deleted scenes where he dressed as a woman and his proclamation that he had AIDS was muted and not subtitled. Twentieth Century Fox, who made the film, had no comment.
A film will also receive no comment from China if it features Pandas… well sort of. Winnie the Pooh seems harmless enough but Pooh memes have been used to criticize Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. So, “Christopher Robin” got banned in China and those cuddly bears are seen as a symbol of anti-government Chinese activism. Wait, what about “Kung Fu Panda”? Well, that’s obviously different: the film was made as a collaboration with a Chinese media company, China Film Group. Government sensors literally dropped in to monitor the movie’s production… no activism from that animated panda was guaranteed.
Perhaps the most relevant censorship example of all comes from the book “World War Z”, where an earth-shattering plague originates in China. American filmmakers purposefully changed this portion of the plotline and moved the plague to Korea.
Whether it’s an actual plague from China or a movie plague, the point is clear, the dangling carrot in Hollywood is money and they will conceal the truth, suspend reality or shift the plot all for financial gain. As Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) said in “Scarface”, “Lesson number one: Don’t underestimate the other guy’s greed.”
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