In Reply to: Re: Corporate automaton - pull the cord and watch it sing! posted by Tom Brennan on March 15, 2007 at 11:45:44:
You're mistaken about the purpose of the show. It isn't to entertain - that's just a lucrative side effect; it's purpose is to make money. If Fox could make more money airing an hour of a cow eating grass, it would replace American Idol in a second.
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- Nothing wrong with commercialization - so long as it isn't an end in itself - benhen 12:50:50 03/15/07 (1)
- Re: Nothing wrong with commercialization - so long as it isn't an end in itself - Tom Brennan 15:04:45 03/15/07 (0)