tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post113149229322599995..comments2023-06-10T01:21:26.805-08:00Comments on The World According to Pooh: Stupid Movies and Smart FootballPoohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1144422768003312532006-04-07T07:12:00.000-08:002006-04-07T07:12:00.000-08:00I've got an unpleasant writing assignment, so I'm ...I've got an unpleasant writing assignment, so I'm procrastinating by trolling your archives. Sorry for the commenting an an ancient post, but I can't let this slide.<BR/><BR/>I always thought the TMQ stuff waqs over-rated, and don't particularly care for Gregg Easterbrook. (For one thing, why the double 'g' at the end fo Gregg?)<BR/><BR/>Two of Easterbrook's comments really annoy me, though. <BR/><BR/>First, <I>Sin City</I> was not a big studio film. Rodriguez has set up a small production company down in Houston to make high quality (in production terms) films at low rates. The non-studio nature of <I>Sin City</I> actually caused certain headaches around the film industry.<BR/><BR/>Second, I really have to question this comment:<BR/><BR/><I>Studies show the more cinematic depictions of violence to which a child is exposed, the more likely the child is to commit violent acts in adulthood: See this statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics, summarizing research on the relationship between film violence and actual violence.</I><BR/><BR/>Okay, I know this is what everyone says. But does it make sense? Over the last 40 years, entertainment in he USA has gotten steadily more violent. At the same time, there have been fewer and fewer 'traditional' families, leaving children with less overall adult supervision. Also over this time frame, children have spent more and more time in front of their TVs and computers, watching more and more violence. (And this includes video games, of course.) And yet, violent crime rates have been <B>falling</B> in the USA for several decades now. This would seem to be evidence of flaws in the studies. I smell a rat.<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm going to have to go follow the links now to see how they caveated themselves out of this one.Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1131562897692875882005-11-09T10:01:00.000-09:002005-11-09T10:01:00.000-09:00Wow, thanks for the link. Somehow, I missed the wh...Wow, thanks for the link. Somehow, I missed the whole story of how Greggy got fired...Poohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1131560908328099472005-11-09T09:28:00.000-09:002005-11-09T09:28:00.000-09:00Last time Easterbrook talked about Hollywood, he g...Last time Easterbrook talked about Hollywood, he got <A HREF="http://www.ernietheattorney.net/ernie_the_attorney/2003/10/gregg_easterbro.html" REL="nofollow">fired</A>.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, I am a big fan of TMQ but simply don't have time to read it anymore. How a guy can write so much ever week for what is basically a hobby blows my mind. Of course, I write a fair amount, too, and I definitely don't get paid for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com