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Smeghead 03:54 pm UTC 07/22/09 |
| In reply to: | re: A Difference - Scaramouche 12:14 pm UTC 07/22/09 |
| I don't understand why the people on this board would care if the show was successful. I mean that would be nice for Jim... but it is much more important to get a great show. Plenty of great pieces of art were not successful when they first appeared, but they have stood the test of time, where as crap that gets promoted enough to make money yet ends up being forgettable. So many great things I'm showing my daughter now (many Disney movies like Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, Pinnochio... many others all lost money upon initial release. Willy Wonka. Wizard of Oz only broke even. It's a Wonderful Life) All of these were failures but stood the test of time because they were great art. Promote the hell out of a turd, paint the turd green and red so everyone thinks it is a Christmas turd and rushes out to buy one... even if it makes money and is a "success" in a few years it is forgotten. I would rather have a financial failure like Pandora's Box that I can listen to and enjoy then have a crappy Jim album that makes money but that I have no desire to ever put on. > > There is a difference between going on TV to flog > > something and casting your show using a reality show... > > Your reading too much into these so called 'casting' > shows. > > They're primary function is promotion, and the best promo > you can get. > > I wouldn't describe them as 'stunt' casting either. That > would be sticking someone famous in the show that was > unsuitable (ie Crawford). > > The casting element is 'fixed' anyway. ALW without doubt > 'planted' Lee Mead, Connie Fisher & Jade (Eurovison) and > lo & behold they won. > > Whatever role they would decide to 'cast', I'm 99% certain > Jim would get the person he wants? > > | |
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