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Theoretically, this idea might have some merit, but when the process is conducted by people like Read, who blur together the entire Eastern hemisphere, and who allow a 18-year-old kid to be dragged through a public trial for the sake of placating Greeks without gripes, Hackney should have intervened on the side of truth and justice with all possible speed...
...just another randomly placed prop gracing the set of First Night, a convincing facsimile of a video store. Eventually, however, the parallels between the movie and this play become clear. First Night attempts to accomplish with light-hearted humor what "The Player" did with dark satire--to blur the distinction between the worlds of illusion and reality. Yet, while "The Player" illustrates the danger of individuals who lose contact with the real world, First Night wants to affirm the beauty of dreams and their power to make lives extraordinary. But First Night sacrifices dream-like surreality to the demands...
Most people involved in the system seem to believe that the original aim, racial desegregation, has been achieved. But while colors may be mixed, economic distinctions blur less easily...
...question is whether they will have all the money they need to survive. Some special-interest offerings may be able to attract related advertising or even blur the distinction between advertising and programming. Others will have a tough time gaining enough advertising revenue to support themselves in the increasingly fragmented TV marketplace. Charging subscribers -- either directly as a "pay" service or indirectly through the cable operator -- is one alternative, but that might be difficult at a time when both viewers and federal regulators are unhappy about soaring cable bills...
...networks' advantage," says Herb Granath, president of Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, "in that it will be more and more difficult for people to identify what they're watching. You keep flipping with the remote from channel to channel, and after a while it all becomes a blur." Overwhelmed viewers may continue to seek refuge in the networks' old and familiar nightly lineup...