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Latest in Chris Dees Blog
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14 Trailers
Charlie Wilson's War just came out on DVD. Watching it again after all these months, I was struck by how rich the dialogue is. Something that always ticks me off seeing a movie in the theatre is the (mercifully rare) audience that has been silent for 45 minutes, suddenly laughs because they've finally heard a line from the trailers. It's like they have no ability to judge for themselves if a line is funny or not. But if it's in the trailer, that must be a funny one, here comes the dutiful "Ha ha ha" You just know you're surrounded by the people mentioned previously who absorb advertising, publisher's blurbs, and press releases without ever stopping to consider that this is not an unbiased opinion.
Anyway, back to CWW. Most movies, you can always tell a few lines that are here just for the trailer. A ferociously punchy description of some piece of the plot. In CWW, the thing I realized is they have enough of those to make about 14 different... -
A gullibility dividend
For the most part, I've always despised people who are easy sells. The ones who absorb publisher's blurbs and advertising slogans into their own opinions without even knowing it's happening. I mean I'm sorry but if you think the first comic you read is the best comic ever written, you're either too young to grasp the concept that stuff exists beyond your range of vision, or you need to develop some critical thinking skills. So I find myself in a quandary, because a serial dupe has brought something absolutely wonderful into my life. It seems my friend, the self-admitted mark, was getting some Chinese take-out. The nice lady behind the counter-the way his gulling stories usually begin: nice lady, nice salesgirl, nice canvaser. They're not all redheads, but they're all shelas-nice lady behind counter suggested he try their special. He thought it was an appetizer, so he got it on top of his original order. But turns out it's a very large entrée. (There...
