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...That brings us to the major challenge of Americanizing many of these shows, which is not so much cultural as structural. Like our restaurant portions and children, we make our TV bigger in the States. Where an overseas series may run a dozen or so episodes in its entire life, an American show will air 22 or more a season. So plots must be stretched out and subplots multiplied. This is not automatically bad; the American version of The Office fleshed out a stronger supporting cast, made its central character more multifaceted and found its own voice. Other adaptations find...
...Kendricks' business model is hardly one a major studio could replicate. Unlike a typical Hollywood set, on a Sherwood set, Cameron says, "You don't have people walking around saying 'They don't pay me enough to do this,' cause nobody's getting paid anything." The filmmakers relied on a team of 1,200 volunteers, plus a handful of technical crew members working below rate. They also secured a donated train, hospital wing and fire trucks. Rather than the usual TV spots and billboards, Fireproof's marketers invited Christian publications on set and screened the film early for pastors...
...this major investment will not pleasantly surprise us in a few years. We’re not going to look back fondly, grateful that we were placed in a situation where we had to cough up to pirates or face catastrophe. But that’s the way the cookie’s crumbled. We should have seen this coming in the eighties, and the nineties; now it’s too late. We know ur attempts to intervene can go badly; this time we should just write the check and part ways. Let the daredevils be, so to speak...
...candor, the answer is no, not yet.” While she did recognize many of the pressing issues in our schools, Spellings focused her speech on potential areas of improvement and what she described as recent successes in reform. Spellings was one of the major proponents of passing the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, and she cited the federal law as a major reason for improved test scores and reduced achievement gaps. The law mandates that schools must aim for all students to reach grade-level proficiency in reading and math by 2014. In a question...
...House Republican, have long ties to the Bush Administration. Their initial inclination to support Paulson was greeted by a rebellion on the right. And the fact that both leaders eventually supported the compromise bill that almost two-thirds of their members opposed was viewed as a major betrayal of the movement by many conservative activists. "The incompetence of Boehner and Blunt and their team is beyond belief," says Richard Viguerie, head of ConservativeHQ.com. "For the good of their party and the good of their country, they should resign immediately from their leadership positions...