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I come to the chilly end of April and realize how little of pop culture has any impact on me … Continue reading Cultural Dissociation is the new Rite of Spring
I come to the chilly end of April and realize how little of pop culture has any impact on me … Continue reading Cultural Dissociation is the new Rite of Spring
My wife suggested we go see it, when we had a free evening. I was willing, but not enthusiastic. In … Continue reading I Almost Saw “Tenet”, But Didn’t. Apparently I’m Not Alone.
Woody Allen’s ‘A Rainy Day in New York’ to Open Deauville Film Festival https://variety.com/2019/film/global/woody-allens-a-rainy-day-in-new-york-deauville-film-festival-1203309106/ — Read on variety.com/2019/film/global/woody-allens-a-rainy-day-in-new-york-deauville-film-festival-1203309106/ I’ve tried … Continue reading Woody Allen is Still Making Movies
Chris Hughes, who co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and others 15 years ago when they were students at Harvard, believes … Continue reading Facebook Should Be Broken Up, Company Co-Founder Says
Walt Disney Studios had a much more magical earnings report than analysts had expected. The entertainment powerhouse behind Pixar, … Continue reading Variety Buries the Lede About Disney’s Film Division
A little under a year ago, I fisked a Variety article written about the day after last year’s Oscars. My … Continue reading How Good Were My Year-Old Oscar Predictions?
No, really. This is a real article. In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising … Continue reading “First Man” has a Lot of Advertising, and Variety Thinks That’s Worth Knowing
I don’t care about the Oscars. I didn’t watch them, and haven’t for some years. I don’t require some Star Chamber of Weinstein-enablers to direct my tastes in cinema.
I noticed the article because it let the mask slip: there’s a formula to all this nonsense, and there’s been a formula for some time: there’s a season of Oscar Films, and there’s the rest of the year of Movies for the Great Unwashed. You need to have your movies out during Oscar Seasonâ„¢, or else No One Cares.
Thus, Variety has already decided what we’re going to be talking about a year from now. Or predicted, anyway. This is sufficiently annoying to merit a Fisking.
Original text in bold, my response in italic.
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It’s not that I disagree with the suggestions Variety offers: 1) Hire Jimmy Fallon to host, with a multi-year contract, … Continue reading Earth to Variety: No One Wants to Fix the Oscars