“With America supposedly on the brink of Great Depression II (like most sequels, its arrival has been hyped in advance), studio executives are closing their eyes and seeing dollar signs. The data seems to support the optimism.” After all, in four of the past five recessions, Hollywood’s box offic has increased.
Tag: 05.04.08
Exit Interview: Huntington Theatre Boss Nicholas Martin
“A really hot theater town – which Boston wants to be so badly and may be someday but really isn’t yet, if I may say so – in a really hot theater town, a good actor can earn his living doing theater. And when [celebrated local actor] Nancy Carroll has to work a day job, that’s just wrong.”
Of Brand Names, Nudity, And Teenage Stars
“Context is all in popular culture. An individual person or object or event can’t be understood outside of the persons, objects, or events it forms a constellation with. And Miley Cyrus’s context is much of the problem. Disney has built a global institution out of relentless wholesomeness. If Hannah Montana were a Fox franchise, would we have heard a peep?”