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...Breuer? The comedian who’s bringing his show to Harvard on Oct. 21 is an accomplished one, no doubt. He spent four years on Saturday Night Live (SNL) and gave a hilarious performance as Brian in the 1999 comedy Half Baked. But at $14 per ticket for Harvard students and $19 for regular admission—in addition to the $15,000 subsidy being put forward by the Undergraduate Council, bringing the total cost of the performance to $30,000—Breuer is a tough sell...
Still a tough sell? No problem: Ticket prices could have been slashed to levels that don’t make students think twice about paying for a laugh. Or we could have made the whole event free—and for the same cost as Breuer, ran a second one in January when we really need a laugh to break the ice on our noses. Gaffigan and Swardson are at the top of the comedy circuit today and few could make a convincing case that Breuer offers a better show...
...formed the Monty Python troupe. In a February 2004 online poll, it was even named (no joke) the No. 1 British film of all time. That cult reputation--along with a cast that includes David Hyde Pierce, Hank Azaria and Tim Curry--has already made Spamalot a hot ticket in Chicago, where it will begin a pre-Broadway run in late December. But the show's key to success may be its unlikely director, Mike Nichols. His understated, very American comic sensibility might seem an odd fit with the Pythons' quirky, lowbrow-meets-highbrow satire. Yet the comic alchemy could...
...file sharing may not be as immediate a threat to the movie business as it may seem. "There were very beautiful copies of Shrek 2 available on the Internet when it was released," says Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix. "That didn't seem to hurt [Shrek's] ticket sales any." When DVDs are packed with special features and available to rent for $2 or to buy for $15, who wants to waste a day downloading a movie? "I've frequently suggested they give up on all this copy protection because it doesn't make a bit of difference...
...SERVICES I tried MOVIELINK movielink.com) which is industry backed, CINEMANOW cinemanow.com and STARZ! TICKET ON REAL MOVIES (movies.real com) which debuted in June. Each service works a bit differently, but the goal is the same: to deliver major studio releases to your PC in a secure format that's "near DVD" quality. Movielink and CinemaNow charge from $1 to $5 for each 24-hour rental. Starz! charges $12.95 a month for unlimited downloads, but its library is smaller (150 selected titles vs. Movielink's 900 at any one time...