Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
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Everybody seems to know Alan Greenspan. I think we accepted him as a smart guy. ... There is something very magical, mystical, almost voodoo-like about what he does.
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Now when you see the promos for 'Category 7,' everybody knows what that title means, everyone knows what FEMA is.
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They didn't let Martha be the Martha that everybody wanted to see. If they could have shown Martha the way they show the participants -- to their vast disadvantage -- people would have loved it.
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I think we have yet to realize how much we are going to miss that. I don't think it's a total coincidence that it's happening at the same time there's an increasingly divisive nature in the country. What the consensus medium of television used to do, and radio before that, was to provide this enormous center that everybody had to go to now and then. ... Now, there is a lack of cultural consensus that even extends to what we consider the body of facts we used to debate.
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It's so dense. There are so many mysteries going on. It's the perfect show for internet speculating.
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The biggest thing driving the DVD market is not watching it, but owning it. There's a study that found an overwhelming amount of people buy full series, but have yet to open them or to take the cellophane off. The satisfaction is in owning them.
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The big ethical question is, is this somehow unseemly to do? I'd have reservations if it were a member of my family, but she clearly wanted to be part of this.
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They like gimmicks and gizmos. They see these things as the constant promise in America that a new idea can change their lives. These people are frequently disappointed when they buy that can of spray to cover up their bald spot.
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They like gimmicks and gizmos, ... They see these things as the constant promise in America that a new idea can change their lives. These people are frequently disappointed when they buy that can of spray to cover up their bald spot.
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There's this almost defeatist attitude in the Midwest that Brazil has captured most world markets growth recently and the U.S. WTO round proposal will significantly cut subsidies linked to production of specific commodities.
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There was a sense that everything we were hearing we'd heard before. This was like a rerun. ... So much of this had already been on, there were no bombshells dropped.
giddy
I must admit, I am little giddy right now.
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The fact these shows are airing while hurricane season is still going on seems insensitive, but on another level it's what gives them juice,
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They build up interest in the contestants so there's a lot of emotional attachment. You care who gets voted off. It's a soap opera.