Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
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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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So many of these reality shows sound so egregious on paper. The automatic response when you hear this is to think, 'Oh man, how low can we sink?' But it's all going to depend on how it's executed.
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How long have we been hearing about all this new technology and the breathless cries of revolution, and it never happened? This year, the tipping point occurred.
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Geraldo was that voice in the news business who didn't mind giving his opinion . . . wore his heart and his opinions on his sleeve, ... Once upon a time, that was unusual. Now, turn on any cablecast and you'll see the same things. Geraldo is still a brand on its own . . . like Kleenex or Xerox . . . but there are a lot of people doing Geraldo these days.
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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.
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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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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.
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He still has some of the same mystique, but now the mystery has flopped from an asset to a liability. 'Who is the real Michael Jackson?' is not a question people want to ask anymore, when you're accused of something like this.
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rough contrivance to lift from the social conscience a burden that should not be either lifted or lightened in any way.
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I must admit, I am little giddy right now.
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It becomes just another media in which these celebrities work.
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(His videos were) adding a new dimension, ... I mean, Michael Jackson was a good musician, but I don't think the music would have been what it was without the moonwalk, without that extraordinary choreography that he splashed onto the screen.
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It's so dense. There are so many mysteries going on. It's the perfect show for internet speculating.
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It becomes very clear that the oil industry wants to develop 100 percent of the North Slope - the land and the ocean.