Word: hollywoodizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...personifying and psychoanalyzing the film industry is misleading. The studios don't lie awake at night feeling bad about crass, blockbuster teen comedies, and they don't make major decisions based on collective guilt or animus. Studios are corporations and corporations collect money. And in Hollywood there's only one possession prestigious enough to risk money. on: an Academy Award. But the Oscar statue is far more than a recognition of achievement. It's also the most effective publicity device a studio can hope...
...Academy would never do this. Hollywood knows we'll see the good Oscar-less movies anyway. And when we've seen all of them, we'll go see the serious ones. Why? Because, "Well, it did win an Academy Award...
...show business contagious laughter breeds continual loot; the man who could not get arrested in Hollywood last year is now a well-paid pitchman for Honda and is in constant demand for TV specials and sitcoms. There are a book and a record based on his show, and in January he will begin filming Caddyshack II, a big-budget film about a self-made millionaire who joins a snobbish country club -- only to run afoul of the members when he develops a low-income housing project nearby. In 1987 the comedian will gross well over $1 million...
Hope and Glory is Hollywood kitsch with an English accent. It can be tacky and sentimental, but it's perfect for those seeking an enjoyable and untaxing night at the movies...
...Pfeiffer plays a pampered screen beauty who falls for a married man. John O'Hara's tale has a bitter twist, and Pfeiffer adds her own tasty mix of sweetness and vinegar. A Table at Ciro's, from a Budd Schulberg story, resorts to broader caricature, as some familiar Hollywood types (washed-up director, naive ingenue, swaggering Latin lover) gather at a dinner hosted by a powerful studio mogul. But Darren McGavin plays the bigwig with such bemused dignity that the character seems brand...