Disney just reported record profits, much of it due to the success of their movie division.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : Harvard did a study several years ago determining that studios were throwing away money on paying A-list actors so much. The studios didn't listen. You probably aren't paying attention but this has been one of the worst years in the history of Hollywood. People aren't just going to their movies anymore and they're not watching their TV shows either. The golden goose has stopped laying it's eggs. Then I've been reading a little bit of the Taylor Swift kerfuffle over streaming. Sorry Taylor, times have changed and it's going to be very hard to stand out in a very open market created by democratization of the arts. The barriers have been removed as they have for film. On 11/15/2014 01:40 PM, Share Long sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Bhairitu I agree with you but am tempted to play devil's advocate anyway: how do you feel about the obscene amounts of money earned by people in the entertainment industry, your beloved movies and TV? From: "Bhairitu noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More American Stupidity There is a problem between the lowest paid and the highest paid gap that society is beginning to realize. People who only 10 years ago could enjoy some simple creature comforts find they can no longer afford them. They find themselves being resentful towards people who still can. If this continues to build up then we will indeed have a problem. History shows you curb the rich by taxing their earnings so they stop trying to accumulate so wealth and hence influence. For everyone multi-million dollar a year CEO there are a 1000 people or more who could easily replace him or her. No need to pay anyone that much. As Andy Kaufman mind have said about these days, "you've been had!" On 11/09/2014 04:23 AM, Share Long sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Bhairitu, thinking about my family some more: rich people want to be hyper rich and they think Republicans will help them achieve that. I think that's the big mistake they make. From: "Bhairitu noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More American Stupidity The vote was reactionary. California had a very low turnout because people were so disillusioned. Those who voted Republican thinking they would fix things will learn differently over the next couple of years. On 11/08/2014 07:12 PM, Share Long sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Right, but in terms of the number of votes that were needed to bring the Republicans back into power, we're talking about more than a handful of billionaires. It's all the millionaires down the street who voted the Republicans into power. From: "Bhairitu noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More American Stupidity I'm not talking small business rich. When we say "rich" these days we want to dispense with the clumsiness of saying "super rich" or "uber rich" etc. Intelligent people know what we mean when we say "the rich" and that we don't mean the millionaire down the street. On 11/08/2014 06:36 PM, Share Long sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife]wrote: Bhairitu,my Dad and stepMom grew up in the Depression. My Dad started working for his Dad when he was 16, didn't even finish high school. When I was little, we were lucky if we got 5 cents for a popcicle. What I'm saying is that I think the extravagance came later and I think people who grew up in the Depression and then worked hard, feel like they deserve "the good life" now. Where I see people a little spoiled are my sister's kids. They're in their early forties and late thirties, grew up really comfortable, wearing expensive sneakers, driving expensive cars from age 16, etc. Heck, we wore Keds and I learned to drive in a VW. From: "Bhairitu noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... [FairfieldLife]"<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More American Stupidity Capitalismis like candy and the rich like spoiled kids. They just want more and more candy. Hence they get fat and cranky and want their way all the time. What we need to do is take away their candy from them and let them dry out. Otherwise they become a complete drag on society. Free enterprise is not a bad idea about capitalism run amok is very dangerous. Sometimes you just have to shut things down and spank the miscreants. On 11/08/2014 04:46 PM, Share Long sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife]wrote: Wayback,I've read Klein online and found her to be a compelling writer. But when I think about my Dad and stepMom, staunch Republicans, I bet they never even heard of Silent Spring or Rachel Carson. Even though my Dad's a nature lover. Mostly what they know is being small and successful business owners. They're gonna choose capitalism over climate every time. My guess is most Republicans will simply label Klein a liberal and not pay much attention to what she has to report. From: "wayback71@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife]Re: More American Stupidity Animportant new book just came out about capitalism and climate change: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, by Naomi Klein. But the converted, anti SUV folks are probably the only ones who will read it. The review in today's NY Times called it the most important environmental book since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. (I gave a book report on Silent Spring in high school, so it made an impression). I will have to pop an antidepressant before reading Klein's book, which I intend to do as soon as the library gets it. I think the gist is that capitalism as we know it cannot continue if we intend to deal with climate change.
