Posted
6:59 AM
by Gene
I gave up on entertainment adver -- "JERNALISM" long before
this TWXSTER decided to get nominally upset over all his fellow scribblers turning into ad copywriters. We can never take news-hack self-flagellation seriously because it always follows on bad work -- and the excuses provide the excuse for more bad work, and more excuses.
P. S. at 10:55 a.m.:
Why is it every time I hear about this stunt it grows a little less funny?P. P. S. at 11:10 p.m.:
Well -- not entirely:[B]ecause News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox likely didn't cut Cohen in on the movie's gross points--a percentage of the movie's revenues--he has missed out on a substantial payday. While Borat may go on to gross as much as $300 million, including overseas box office, DVD sales and TV deals, Cohen won’t see much more than his initial advance.