“If instead of looking at income, you look at levels of consumption, if anything that's become more equal. The fraction of families that have a dishwasher, that have a sewing machine, that have a television set. In respect to consumption, it's very hard to avoid the view that people have been getting more equal rather than more unequal.” PeopleIfsLooksHas BeensHardLevelsViewsTelevisionEqualMachinesIncomeConsumptionFractionsSewingDishwashers Author:Milton Friedman
“We do want the freedom to move scenes from episode to episode to episode. And we do want the freedom to move writing from episode to episode to episode, because as it starts to come in and as you start to look at it as a five-hour movie just like you would in a two-hour movie, move a scene from the first 30 minutes to maybe 50 minutes in. In a streaming series, you would now be in a different episode. It's so complicated, and we're so still using the rules that were built for episodic television that we're really trying to figure it out.” WantWritingTryingFirstsLooksStillsTwoDifferentMovingHoursFiveMinutesFiguresTelevisionLike YouSceneBuiltSeriesComplicatedEpisodesStreaming Author:Jill Soloway
“Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and gleaming teeth. It destroyed Senator Joe McCarthy by showing him in action and it created Jerry Falwell.” LooksActionLeaderChangedTelevisionHairBlowTeethDestroyedHostSenatorsJerryCongressmanJoe Mccarthy Author:Ronald Steel
“If you look at the curricula of most universities and schools in this country [USA], considering our long encounter with the Islamic world, there is very little there that you can get hold of that is really informative about Islam. If you look at the popular media, you'll see that the stereotype that begins with Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik has really remained and developed into the transnational villain of television and film and culture in general.” IfsWorldLooksLittlesLongCountrySchoolFilmCultureMediaTelevisionIslamUniversityUsaEncountersIslamicVillainConsideringStereotypeInformativeRudolphValentino Author:Edward Said
“My favorite part about costume designing is the artistry of the job. You meet with a director and a visionary to discuss ideas. You research the characters and figure out the components of their look through your own vision. You create a color palette for a film, television or stage medium and discuss it with the director of photography who then lights your colored subjects.” LooksIdeasCharacterLightJobsFilmVisionSubjectsStageFiguresDesignTelevisionColorDirectorsPhotographyResearchMy FavoriteMediumsCostumesComponentsVisionariesArtistryPalette Author:Ruth E. Carter
“Believe me, you don't walk away from the kind of money you make with a daily television show. You might get awful tired of it sometimes, but take a second look at the check and you get less tired right away.” BelieveLooksKindSometimesShowsMightWalksTelevisionTiredChecksAwfulBelieve In MeTelevision Shows Author:Johnny Carson
“When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingLooksLittlesYoungRealizingBusinessTelevisionDumbConspiracyBest Job Author:Steve Jobs
“I mean look at all these acquisitions and mergers - WhatsApp and Oculus and et cetera. There's no way that you can envision these tech companies as the underdog anymore. They're always presented as though they were these little guys who you should be championing - Facebook will overthrow the cable television complex, blah blah - but it's more likely they will merge with them.” WayShouldLooksMeanLittlesGuyCompanyTelevisionComplexesCablesAcquisitionUnderdogBlahMergersWhatsapp Author:Astra Taylor
“Are we on the tail-end of a generation that is enamored with the novelty of these devices and will younger people coming of age be more blasé about them in a healthy way? You look back at the history of any medium and the people who were there when it was developing, whether it was the telegraph or cable television or radio, thought, This is amazing, it's going change everything, or, The human community will finally be able to recognize each other and speak and be one - I mean, some people thought the telegraph or television would usher in world peace.” PeopleWorldWayHumansLooksMeanEndsAgeAbleSpeakCommunityGenerationsTelevisionHealthyRadioMediumsDevelopingDevicesComing Of AgeTailsNoveltyCablesEnamoredTelegraph Author:Astra Taylor
“I grew up with a lot of body image issues - not just about my weight, but I would always see these perfect orb, domed boobs on television, and think, "Mine don't look like that." I thought there was something wrong with me.” ThinkingLooksBodyPerfectIssuesTelevisionMinesGrewGrew UpWeightBody ImageOrbs Author:Ronda Rousey
“When you look at the media and television, and all this Hollywood stuff, you just judge people.” PeopleLooksStuffMediaTelevisionJudgingHollywood Author:Benjamin Clementine
“I love the puzzled look on people's faces when I mention I grew up telling time according to television.” PeopleLooksFacesTelevisionGrewGrew UpPuzzled Author:Joe Zee