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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Whereas the Golden Age of cinema was rife with thoroughly original
stories, like Cleopatra, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, and Double
Indemnity, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I really have to wonder: who cares? If you don’t
like it, don’t go see it. But the fact of the matter is, lots and lots of
great films are remakes or updates or adaptations. Scarface with Al Pacino is a
remake. Take a look at the highest grossing films (adjusted for inflation) in
North America. Top ten: Gone with the Wind (novel), Sound of Music (musical),
Ten Comandments (book), Titanic (historical event), Jaws (novel), Doctor
Zhivago (novel), Exorcist (novel), and Snow White (folk tale). That’s
eight of the top 10 (the other two are ET and Star Wars, and you’d be
hard pressed to find an element in Star Wars that George Lucas doesn’t
acknowledge adapting from Kurosawa or Shakespeare or the moon Mimas.) Hell,
Romeo and Juliet was an adaptation and that was 400 years ago. The
quality of films coming out of Hollywood may be declining, I can hardly blame the
executives. There was clearly a time when literate scripts and character
development drew audiences (The Graduate, Gone with the Wind, Close Encounters
of the Third Kind), but people obviously do not, by and large, have a problem
with one-dimensional escapist pablum. If anything, this points to a drastic
shift in the way we perceive the world. Critical thinking skills, an
appreciation of the way we speak and write, the ability to focus for long periods
of time, these things have all been sacrificed. I say we boycott parents who
don’t read to their children, who use the TV and video games as
babysitters, who don’t take an active interest in their children’s
learning. It’s the same reason someone like Sarah Palin can be
considered an authority on anything, or why people can be bullied and
blindsided into making economic decisions counter to their own best interests.
We’re given the culture (and economy and government) we as a society
deserve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>/soapbox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>James<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> neohiopal-bounces@listserve.com
[mailto:neohiopal-bounces@listserve.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Del Bianco<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NeOhio List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NEohioPAL] time to boycott Hollywood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>I've been long aware of the rapidly
declining lack of imagination in Hollywood (turning Bewitched into a movie?!?)
but THIS....<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Broderick approves 'Bueller' remake<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Jan. 12, 2010, 4:53 PM EST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/matthew-broderick/"><span
style='color:#07519A'>Matthew Broderick</span></a> has given Hollywood bosses
the green light to remake his <a
href="http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=451447>1=28101"
target="_blank">classic movie<span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=11 height=10 id="_x0000_i1025"
src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing_11pxw.gif"></span></a>
"<a href="http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/ferris-bueller's-day-off/"><span
style='color:#07519A'>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</span></a>," but doesn't
want any involvement in it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Rumors have swirled for months suggesting
studio chiefs are nursing plans to bring the cult 1980s comedy back to <a
href="http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=451447>1=28101"
target="_blank">the big screen<span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=11 height=10 id="_x0000_i1026"
src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing_11pxw.gif"></span></a> in
either a sequel or a remake. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Broderick has now commented on the reports,
insisting he would be "happy" with plans to bring back rebellious
teen Ferris, as long as the project is handed to a completely new cast. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>He tells Cinematical, "(A remake)
would be fine. I would be perfectly happy for somebody to do that. I probably
wouldn't enjoy (having a role in the film). I would rather leave what we did as
our thing."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <br>
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What is next?? Perhaps a Star Wars remake? Maybe "The
Muppet Movie" with an all human cast?? I overheard talk at work
about somebody seeing a trailer for an A-Team movie-when will the madness end?<br>
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-Brian<br>
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