MCN Curated Headlines Archive for February, 2013
“A famous man making sexist jokes on a primetime awards show watched by millions of people is so banal and status-quo in our culture, that to me—a woman professionally committed to detecting and calling bull—- on sexism—it just feels like a drop in the bucket.”
Lindy West On “When Seth MacFarlane Is A Complete Ass And You Don’t Even Notice”
“Officials at LAX made the logbook available and five officials spoke to BuzzFeed on the condition of anonymity, citing a policy against discussing individual cases.”
Buzzfeed Keeps Spat With Michael Moore Over Truth Of Emad Burnett’s Immigration Detainment To The Micro’est Of Details From Anonymous Gov’t Sources
The Penske Begetting
Daily Drops Dead March 18; Paywall Drops March 1
Variety Gets Three Editors-In-Chief, Eller-Littleton-Wallenstein; Gaydos Steady At Features; EIC Longtimer Gray Moved Aside To “Leadership” Role; No Nikki In Site
“The habit of asking out loud if you are performing O.K., and whether your best ones are landing right, should smack of endearing modesty, but, regrettably, what it most resembles—and there is no gentle way of putting this—is the kind of question put during toilet training. Essential, of course, for the individual learning process, but probably not best announced in front of a billion people.”
Anthony Lane Masticates Oscar (And Mr. MacFarlane)
“If the business model of Hollywood puts undue strain on the very companies that make the impossible possible, and if companies like Rhythm & Hues can expire just as they’re receiving the industry’s highest honor, then what does that mean for film?”
With – An Explainer On What VFX Artists Are Protesting
“I didn’t see Wallis as the butt of this joke. It seemed completely obvious to me—to the point that I didn’t even have to think about it— that the butt of the joke here is people who say such things about women. Yes, the tweet is savage. And it’s ‘funny’ only in a bitter, brutal way that holds up our collective callousness to disdain and in despair.”
Maryann Johanson Takes That Tweet To The Mat, Embraces It Fully
“If you receive a downloading alert that you believe is false, you can challenge it—after a $35 filing fee.'”
Bandwidth-Throttling “Six Strikes” “Copyright Alert System” Launches Across Nation
“In addition, let me take this opportunity to apologize to anyone who’s ever been offended by anything at any point throughout time. To be challenged in any way, or made to feel an emotion that is not immediately recognizable, is the worst thing in the world.”
And – “C— is the Onion’s Reichstag fire.”
“He has the greatest gift of them all, as an actor, of not appearing to act, and as a man and a brother, of charm, grace, fun, loyalty and a demonic conviction about things when he needs to.”
Tamasin Day-Lewis Sez, “I Can’t Believe Dan Has Done It Again”
“When one considers the global audience of the Oscars of upwards of two billion people, including many who know little or nothing about Hollywood or the falsity of such Jewish stereotypes, there’s a much higher potential for the ‘Jews control Hollywood’ myth to be accepted as fact.”
Anti-Defamation League Condemns Seth McFarlane
“No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire.”
The Onion’s CEO Addresses The 9-Year-Old It Insulted, Who Must Now Ask, “What Did These Gentle People Say About Me, Mother?”