This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
ADAM MCKAYThe only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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So you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
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I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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