This is some kind of joke, right? We're supposed to believe that the entire American film industry has agreed to shut down…just like that? We're supposed to believe that theaters all across the United States will go along with this crazy idea? If this announcement would have happened on April first, I'd get it. Forced unemployment for everyone working in the film industry?
Are we supposed to believe that none of these people are interested in getting a paycheck any longer?
And, by the way…I'm one of the moviegoers who has only seen Raging Bull once. I recognized it for its artistic merit, however, the film is not on my personal list of favorites, and I'm not likely to ever watch it again.
D'UH! I neglected to notice that this column appeared in THE ONION. Same as an April Fool's joke.
The Onion is a news parody website. I think the headline in the margin conveys that: Man Feeling Pressure To Live Up To Conversation Between Barber And Customer In Next Chair.
How well did the new Ghost Busters do at the box office ?
As of last week, GHOSTBUSTERS had taken in about $127 million at the U.S. boxoffice, against an estimated budget of $144 million. Clearly a flop domestically. But the foreign boxoffice has added about $100 million to the total. So, after allowing for marketing costs and the theater-owners' take, and figuring in eventual video sales, the film should break even.
"If you do it for food, and you really need it, of course it's okay . . ."
I think it's okay to laugh at this video. However, I do remember that at the time of the original "scandal," a different type of ignorance showed up online: all the anti-Semites remarking on how "typically Jewish" Spielberg's "outrageous behavior" was. I took it as an enlightening lesson on the mentality of the intolerant.
One 'Onion' headline I liked was along the lines of "Boy Deeply Depressed When Grandparents Give Him Full-Screen Version of DVD Instead Of Widescreen". (With no receipt to exchange.)
