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The Horror Of Blind Faith
I’m in the demographic sweet spot where I actually remember the rash of films that hit big screens during the 1970s with the primary intention of scaring the bejeezus out of you, I actually went to the movies to see the first iterations of what would eventually become massive franchises, such as HALLOWEEN, FRIDAY the
This Time, It’s Personal
Like so many American Jews, the images that played through my news and social media feeds yesterday were both sobering and disturbing. On the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Yom Kippur war–on a Shabbat, on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah–we saw the news of Hamas’ attack on Israel. As of this writing,
From Small Wonder To Infinite Wisdom
Anyone who could conquer Youngstown was destined to conquer Hollywood and Silicon Valley, right? I first crossed paths with Mark Lieber when he was a young sales executive for a soon-to-be defunct distribution arm of the soon-to-be extinct Metromedia conglomerate. Mark even joined while the fate of the company was in limbo, shortly after it
Not Ready For Sub-Prime Players?
In today’s media landscape, true success is rare, and relative to even the recent past the bar for what is considered success has lowered to the level of a champion Limbo player. This was the verbiage of an actual press release from CBS News that came out earlier this week touting the “success” of some
Thank You For A Being A Hunk
One of the nice things about social media is that occasionally some folks that are little more than Facebook friends with really good stories to tell choose to do so in long posts, usually when some seminal event in their lives triggers it. When Betty White passed away a couple of years ago, one such
Of Course, John Was Right About Peak TV. He Rarely Isn’t.
I’m disappointed at times that I haven’t quite been able to communicate exactly how I feel about FX Chairman John Landgraf. On many occasions, I’ve called him out on his seemingly quioxtic obsession with driving home the point that there’s simply too much TV being made, that a bubble bursting was inevitable, and we should
They’re Baaaackkkkkkkkkkk
It was somehow both fitting and sobering that on the anniversaries of both the day and the day of the week that Johnny Carson took over THE TONIGHT SHOW 61 years ago and forever changed the viewing habits and the way a majority of people learn about the news that the STRIKE FORCE FIVE all
We Should All Be As Wise As Solomon
When a rare case of a completely new show actually gets a chance to be seen on a widely viewed network, that’s cause for celebration. When one of the key creatives connected with it just happens to be a good friend, well, that’s cause to devote an entire musing to it. So while the public
“Stubborn Old B—-s” Strike Again
When you’re in the middle of a pandemic and going through tremendous life changes at the same time you’re more vulnerable to making mistakes with who you might connect with as a lifeline. I made the mistake of connecting with someone who it turned out had a lot of points of view even more disturbing