“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore”

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Categories: Off-Topic

“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore”

Way off topic:


Network
– one of my two favorite TV News movies was re-released last month
with some special features not seen in the two previous (1998 & 2000)
DVD releases. Truly, the evils that writer Paddy Chayefsky predicted in
this 1976 movie have come home to roost. For example: entertaiment
masquerading as news, corporate meddling and violent reality shows, just
to name a few. (See page 14 of the 3/1/06 issue of The Hollywood
Reporter
for a thorough review of this 2-disc set.) The extras disc
contains the Dinah! episodes featuring Peter Finch (1976) and
Paddy Chayefsky (1977) as well as an hour-long Sidney Lumet
retrospective.

And my other favorite?
Broadcast News
, of course! It didn’t matter which of the three commercial
network news divisions you worked for, the characters had their
counterparts at all three. (Hint: I used to be "Bobby".)

Sign of the Times ?

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Categories: Media Divergence

Sign of the Times ?

This week while waiting for the commuter train I overheard T.C. Mits*
say "I’m going to watch it on the web." I’m not sure I had the context
right, but from the snippets of conversation I overheard, it appeared
they were talking about something that they had missed on TV. Divergence
continues…

(* T.C. Mits = The Common Man/Woman in the Street.)