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[Tim May]

At 2:58 PM -0400 6/12/01, Faustine wrote:
>Bill Stewart:
>
>>And that doesn't even count the movie critics who decide that
>>some movies not commercial enough so they don't get made.
>
>That's because studios are private-sector businesses, not nonprofits dedicated
>to the arts. Is a film a work of art or a commercial product? Can 
>you really be
>both? On the other hand, how can you produce art if nobody pays for it? Then
>again, can you really have a work of art shot through, riddled and co-opted
>with BS product placement every five seconds? I tend to think not.
>
>Still, I can't buy the idea of "good movies have a right to be made." Either
>somebody with money is willing to back it, or not. Censorship isn't really an
>issue here, just the hard, cruel laws of economics. ha.
>
>You might want to check out some back issues of the "Journal of Cultural
>Economics," lots of relevant articles there.

Irony is lost on some people.


--Tim May






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