Wonka
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Re: Wonka
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Re: Wonka
I wonder if there is a word we could use to describe the belief that the quality of a kid's movie can be judged solely by it's ability to keep kids entertained for 90 minutes. "No, no no...We need more wonder! Add more whimsy, damnit! More joy!"
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Re: Wonka
easier said than done wellBurtReynolds wrote:I wonder if there is a word we could use to describe the belief that the quality of a kid's movie can be judged solely by it's ability to keep kids entertained for 90 minutes. "No, no no...We need more wonder! Add more whimsy, damnit! More joy!"
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Re: Wonka
Hopefully it’s one i can get out of going to. There have been a few of those.tragabigzanda wrote:Lol sorry wease
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Re: Wonka
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Re: Wonka
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Re: Wonka
The only thing he's emitting in that trailer is a desire for a hefty paycheck.
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Re: Wonka
i was gonna make a joke about how i figured she was wonka's slave but thought it inappropriate. I'm not racist, wease
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Re: Wonka
I don't want to want to see this, but I kind of want to see this.
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