Word: hollywoodizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Citing the pay scales of Hollywood actors and the high prices of Broadway tickets, McNally said one of the major problems with the arts is its involvement with big business...
These side-commentaries convey Fuentes' frustration with the situation around him as well as if he had been writing directly about them. His disgust for the Hollywood society is apparent, as is his confusion over why Diana submits to this artificial universe: "It all reminded me of... the gringo cocktail party, where no one deigns to concede more than two or three minutes to anyone, not the most fascinating stranger, not even one's oldest and dearest friend. Yes you're made of glass, they look right through you... All of this while balancing a drink in one hand...
...anything can enlighten Hollywood, it is the box office. Hong Kong films attract audiences worldwide, and Broken Arrow earned a burly $15.6 million its first weekend. Even a myopic mogul can see that the brisk, visceral Hong Kong style of acting and action could be the shot of adrenaline Hollywood needs to shake off its creative funk...
...best work of either man, Broken Arrow and Rumble serve as introductions to the spirit of Hong Kong cinema, even as they serve notice to U.S. moviemakers. Think you can do it better? Just watch! Hollywood will watch and, if there's any justice, give Chan and Woo the best seats in the house...
...Picnic, as in real life, William Holden is every woman's dream: "'Is this what the women of America want?' asks a Hollywood producer. 'You mean...that the great lover of our time is a civic booster who recently served on the Los Angeles Park Commission?...No blue suede shoes, no moldy sweatshirts. He doesn't walk down Sunset Boulevard with an ocelot. He doesn't even have a Filipino houseboy. This is a movie star? He goes to P.T.A. meetings. He has been married to the same woman for 15 years. His swimming pool is not in the shape...