While so many are poor, Hollywood spends big
I happily sat watching the TV Guide Channel just to see what was coming on, and lo and behold, my mind was blown away.
The economy is so bad — with people in food lines, unemployment at an all-time high, Americans losing their homes, their families living with relatives or in shelters — and Hollywood is spending (are you sitting down?) $200 million to make a movie.
My eyes rolled back in my head. The world started spinning and I could not believe my ears or eyes. How can the rich keep getting richer and not see the poor man standing on the corner with a sign saying, “God won’t help me, can you?” How can we as moviegoers support this ideal of the rich living and the poor man not?
Vicky Allison
Greensboro
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"The economy is so bad — with people in food lines, unemployment at an all-time high, Americans losing their homes, their families living with relatives or in shelters — and Hollywood is spending (are you sitting down?) $200 million to make a movie."
I find this an odd letter. Vicky, do you think the economy would be better if evil Hollywood didn't spend money? This money largely & I suspect mostly goes into thousands of working folks pockets. Folks that build sets manage locations technicians, etc.
Would you have the same objections if, say Dell spent a like sum building a plant, say near Winston Salem?
Posted on May 31, 2009 7:40 AM