Comments on: Lacking Variety http://www.screenwriterguy.com/entertainment-industry/lacking-variety musings of a wannabe comedy writer Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ZOZ http://www.screenwriterguy.com/entertainment-industry/lacking-variety/comment-page-1#comment-122 ZOZ Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:24:58 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/03/29/lacking-variety/#comment-122 bwhahaha - very funny post! I read Variety every day -- as well as Hollywood Reporter -- not quite sure why, their coverage is virtually identical for every story -- strangely enough though, I do like the bigger pages of Variety - not sure what that's about. The writing style is strange - but I always chalked it up to the short attention span in Hollywood -- that everyone just wants the 'evelyn wood speed reading' version of their news -- every other word or so -- just so long as they get the general gist. In fact, that's oftentimes how I find myself reading it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122','ZOZ'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122','ZOZ','bwhahaha - very funny post!\r\nI read Variety every day -- as well as Hollywood Reporter -- not quite sure why, their coverage is virtually identical for every story -- strangely enough though, I do like the bigger pages of Variety - not sure what that\'s about. The writing style is strange - but I always chalked it up to the short attention span in Hollywood -- that everyone just wants the \'evelyn wood speed reading\' version of their news -- every other word or so -- just so long as they get the general gist. In fact, that\'s oftentimes how I find myself reading it.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> bwhahaha – very funny post!
I read Variety every day — as well as Hollywood Reporter — not quite sure why, their coverage is virtually identical for every story — strangely enough though, I do like the bigger pages of Variety – not sure what that’s about. The writing style is strange – but I always chalked it up to the short attention span in Hollywood — that everyone just wants the ‘evelyn wood speed reading’ version of their news — every other word or so — just so long as they get the general gist. In fact, that’s oftentimes how I find myself reading it.
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]]> By: Mike Standish http://www.screenwriterguy.com/entertainment-industry/lacking-variety/comment-page-1#comment-116 Mike Standish Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:09:07 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/03/29/lacking-variety/#comment-116 Variety is the one paper that seems to very aggressively stick to a style that it developed decades upon decades ago. The New York Times theater critic wrote about it in a book called Ghost Light. The odd thing is that Variety seems to value this language style as a "brand." That's our shtick, man! I guess when your paper has a virtual monopoly (don't expect the Hollywood Reporter to be around much longer) and you cater to a very, very, very niche audience, you don't have to worry about cultural trends, such as "modern language" or "grammar." Prexy! Ankles! Tyro!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('116','Mike Standish'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('116','Mike Standish','Variety is the one paper that seems to very aggressively stick to a style that it developed decades upon decades ago. The New York Times theater critic wrote about it in a book called Ghost Light. The odd thing is that Variety seems to value this language style as a \"brand.\" That\'s our shtick, man! I guess when your paper has a virtual monopoly (don\'t expect the Hollywood Reporter to be around much longer) and you cater to a very, very, very niche audience, you don\'t have to worry about cultural trends, such as \"modern language\" or \"grammar.\"\r\n\r\nPrexy! Ankles! Tyro!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Variety is the one paper that seems to very aggressively stick to a style that it developed decades upon decades ago. The New York Times theater critic wrote about it in a book called Ghost Light. The odd thing is that Variety seems to value this language style as a “brand.” That’s our shtick, man! I guess when your paper has a virtual monopoly (don’t expect the Hollywood Reporter to be around much longer) and you cater to a very, very, very niche audience, you don’t have to worry about cultural trends, such as “modern language” or “grammar.”

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