Posted by Jaszmin on 10/18/05 09:57

You're probably pretty young. I've gotten to like some
of this writing etched in tragedy I've been reading from
younger scribblers. It seems to be written in outrage,
but thru it you can see the outlines of a comic despair.
I laugh my ass off at it. And, of course, I lapse into it
myself now and then.

Mike Rice


On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:44:33 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <43167E7B.6050503@skypoint.com>,
> Dale Houstman <dmh7@skypoint.com> wrote:
>
>> Of course, there are people who
>> will watch ANYTHING that blows up or has Adam Sandler in it: these
>> people cannot be helped.
>
>And these are the people who will keep Blockbuster in business. As long
>as it's a new release movie starring some douchebag Hollywood movie star
>like Tom Cruise or Ashton Kutcher, they'll do anything to get their
>hands on it. It doesn't matter if every movie critic in the country gave
>it a -1 rating, they'll still gladly fork over 4 bucks to rent it. Joe
>Sixpack is helpless against the powers of marketing, hype and "movie
>star appeal."

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