Television Represents What Happens To A Medium

In San Francisco, Vulgarity, "bad Taste," Ostentation Are Regarded As A Kind Of Alien Blight, An Invasion Or Encroachment From Outside. In Los Angeles, There Is So Much Money And Power Connected With Ostentation That Is No Longer Ludicrous: It Commands A Kind Of Respect. For If The Mighty Behave Like This, Then Quiet Good Taste Means That You Can't Afford The Conspicuous Expenditures, And You Become A Little Ashamed Of Your Modesty And Propriety.

In A Foreign Country People Don't Expect You To Be Just Like Them, But In Los Angeles, Which Is Infiltrating The World, They Don't Consider That You Might Be Different Because They Don't Recognize Any Values Except Their Own. And Soon There May Not Be Any Others.

Moviegoers Like To Believe That Those They Have Made Stars Are Great Actors. People Used To Say That Gary Cooper Was A Fine Actor Probably Because When They Looked In His Face They Were Ready To Give Him Their Power Of Attorney.

Economy, Speed, Nervousness, And Desperation Produce The Final Wasteful, Semi-incoherent Movies We See.

The Critical Task Is Necessarily Comparative, And Younger People Do Not Truly Know What Is New