“TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.” WritingDifferentCharacterStoriesTogetherPoliticalAnimalEmotionalTvsDevelopmentSmartDepthThese DaysCharacter DevelopmentReally SmartDifferent Animals Author:Connie Nielsen
“Orwell was dealing with communism and his disillusionment with communism in Russia and what he saw the communists do in Spain. His novel was a response to those political situations. Whereas I was interested in more things than the political atmosphere. I was considering the whole social atmosphere: the impact of TV and radio and the lack of education. I could see the coming event of schoolteachers not teaching reading anymore. The less they taught, the more you wouldn't need books.” NeedsBookWholePoliticalReadingSocialSituationNovelSawsTeachingEventsTaughtTvsImpactResponseRadioRussiaCommunismAtmosphereCommunistConsideringSpainDisillusionmentLack Of Education Author:Ray Bradbury
“To buy TV time and bypass the usual filters between the public and political figures, are very powerful devices that people can use to attract attention, attract voters. And get influence in our society.” PeopleUsePoliticalPowerfulAttentionInfluenceFiguresTvsOur SocietyDevicesVotersUsualVery PowerfulFiltersBypass Author:Alexander Stille
“Perhaps one of the more noteworthy trends of our time is the occupation of buildings accompanied by the taking of hostages. The perpetrators of these deeds are generally motivated by political grievance, social injustice, and the deeply felt desire to see how they look on TV.” LooksPoliticalDesireSocialFeltBuildingTvsInjusticeDeedsOur TimeOccupationTrendsMotivatedGrievanceHostagePerpetratorsSocial Injustice Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“It`s the nature of cable news that we [TV hosts] do a lot of clipping and quoting of other broadcasts and outlets, sometimes to make a narrative point, sometimes to make a political one, and sometimes just to make a joke.” SometimesPoliticalTvsNewsJokesNarrativeHostOutletsCablesQuotingCable News Author:Chris Hayes
“It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money ran out - were always better than ours since the city was the political capital of the country, as well as the artistic and literary one. In L.A. we've always been slightly sealed off from real life. It's no accident that two of our most interesting directors, Woody Allen and Bob Altman, are more or less settled in the real world.” WorldWellsTwoRealCountryPoliticalLeftInterestingCitiesNew YorkTelevisionTvsDirectorsHollywoodTheaterAccidentsLondonReal LifePityArtisticRanBritainReal WorldBobMost InterestingWoodyLive Tv Author:Gore Vidal