Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
burns itself point
We're so awash in tongue-in-cheek-attitude, ... it may get to a point when it burns itself out.
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The coverage we saw on September 11, and in that first week of Katrina, not only won't make this stuff go away, it ups the ante. You don't want to just see the Hollywood sign fall, you want the Statue of Liberty along with it.
certainly count few lost
There is certainly some award-show fatigue. I lost count a few years ago of all of them.
mean ourselves people reduce whom
There are some people for whom it will always be too soon, but that doesn't mean we have to reduce ourselves to silence.
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There are two revolutions taking place. One revolution is taking place in the living room with high definition, bigger and wider screens. The second revolution is portable television.
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Elvis Presley Ate Here' is the cultural equivalent of 'George Washington Slept Here', ... Every time a place makes a claim that Elvis ate there, it becomes a memorial to his memory, to his life and to his legend.
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Alcoholic beverages are to New Year's as a turkey is to Thanksgiving and a jack-o'-lantern is to Halloween. It's the central iconographic image. There's not much else.
huge money small stakes
Then, all of a sudden, it was big money. It went from small stakes to huge stakes, but at the same time, it was still very challenging.
seem
There doesn't seem to be any end in sight.
including noticing won
When you've won an Oscar, everyone is really scrutinizing what you do, including every movie you do. So if it's bad, they're noticing it more.