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...theater of the absurd turned into the theater of cruelty, homosexuality became the matinee audience's concept of the in-joke, and Neil Simon went for meaning in the third act. The Beatles ran out of put-ons, and John Lennon took to bed. In accordance with Aubrey's Law, sitchcom has swamped or drowned television's handful of comic talents. Some Like It Hot shuddered into M*A*S*H, and the situation of cinematic comedy became a question of semantics. Debating topic: Is Catch-22 a "funny" film or a demonstration of cataplexy...
...American College Dictionary (since the accent is on youth) defines obscene as: "offensive to modesty and decency," which is how Mr. James Aubrey characterizes the love scenes between Burt Lancaster and myself [Feb. 9], in an obvious reference to The Gypsy Moths, an MGM film that predates his assumption of supreme power in Culver City...
...realize, of course, that to argue aesthetics with Mr. Aubrey would be quite futile, as the producer of The Beverly Hillbillies is apparently a stranger to "the science which deduces from nature and taste the rules and principles of art" (American College Dictionary again). It would be like arguing honor with a mule. Or a cobra...
After 15 years on top of the TV-ratings heap, CBS has run into trouble this season. The result last week, as NBC and CBS announced their program lineups for next fall, was CBS's most drastic overhaul since the James Aubrey reign of the early 1960s. The network abandoned many of the traditional shows that had given it clear superiority in rural areas and among the elderly. It concentrated instead on its idea of sophistication. That meant the cancellation of The Red Skelton Show after 16 seasons, The Jackie Gleason Show after eight successful years and Petticoat Junction...
Staffing plans and market strategy of the Aubrey regime are all pinned to youth. He will probably not be employing Producers Martin Ransohoff and Carlo Ponti (two of whose projects he dropped), he says, until "they can put their heads in the right place." Translation: until they learn to operate within lower budgets. Aubrey's commitments include the next two Beatles pictures, one on groupies, plus an adaptation of Abbie Hoffman's Revolution for the Hell of It. To reach the kids, Aubrey plans to shift the emphasis of MGM promotion efforts and advertising from standard newspapers...