Posted 5:47 PM by Gene

RELIEF!!!!! BOX OFFICE UP 32%!!!!!!!!!! (Relieving overemphasis added)

Sorry, maybe from last week, but even David "NON" Germain had to admit (in the ninth graf, natch) that B. O. was DOWN 27 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR. We can't expect this to continue forever; the summer's crowded with TENTPOLES. But no excuses over KING JIM and the WEATHER can quite obscure this notion that maybe disgust toward the movee excretion biz has finally assumed enough traction that even the hard-core true believers don't find its bowel movements an effective emetic anymore, and that many of their numbers are abandoning the medium permanently. We will not go again into the why -- we've done that altogether too much -- but given how the movee biz' collapse parallels the video game biz' -- both appeal to excessively fickle and mentally...challenged youth and emit the same kind of stench -- makes us think so many are so fed up with spoon-fed "entertainment" it cannot be undone. Movees encompass too many inconveniences to justify the time and trouble to see them, only to greet the fans with insults. This medium cannot hit the skids quickly enough, nor can it skid fast enough for us. We fear next year we will be forced to endure PAUL DRECK speaking again of RECORDS!!!!!!!!!! We hope not.