Word: decibel
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...Vanzant or Lewis to succeed, it will mean cutting into Oprah's lane on the high road or proving that viewers, contrary to their recent choices, really are tired of high-decibel escapism. Both are betting that talk, in Vanzant's phrase, has "got the power" to change lives. Now they have to sell that idea to viewers who've got the power to change the channel...
...would go tragically unmarketed. The ad crowd gathered here seems a bit smug this year. The networks raked in a record $8 billion in last year's flush times; now it's a buyer's market. So as NBC touts its new series--a dubious-looking sitcom starring high-decibel chef Emeril Lagasse, the 1,000th version of Law & Order (O.K., the third)--it touts even more its high-income viewers, the real-life Frasier Cranes who make The West Wing "the most upscale show on any network!" In other words, the people in this room. At the party...
Montijo is an exception. Someday, she could be an All-Ivy catcher. But if an Ivy League All-Decibel team existed right now, she would be a unanimous selection. She'd make the team all four years. Her booming voice stands out on an already boisterous team, one that cheers just as energetically down 5-1 as it would up by the same score...
...problem with Bette is not Bette but "Bette." Miss M is a perfect stage persona, high decibel enough to reach the cheap seats. But TV needs character, not caricature, and interplay, not vamping. When "Bette" sings Wind Beneath My Wings to make up to her hubby, Midler is really playing to the studio audience. If this were satire, like Grosse Pointe or even Cybill, it might show her character as a bit self-absorbed. But since Bette is at most a loving spoof, the message, in "Bette's" words, is "I'm a goddess!" Even if you agree...
...time of year again: Time to pack away swimsuits, hang up sun hats and haul out the 940-page fall fashion issue of Vogue. Labor Day has come and gone, which means that summer is over, fall is imminent, and - let's try keeping that cheering to a reasonable decibel level, Mom and Dad - school is back in session...