Americans tell Hollywood where it can go

I also don't understand the whole "role model" thing. Entertainment figures should never be put up as role models of any sort. As far as watching movies at home. I do prefer it, but, there is also something to be said of going to the theatre, there is just something about it. The megaplex has just about killed that. At least most of the Landmark Theatre's still have an air about them. I like that for all the anti-piracy stuff the studios are doing, the survey show that only 5% of people have ever downloaded a movie. Obviously they are focusing on the wrong survey questions.

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I agree with Ash. Entertainment figures are the poorest examples for people to see as role models. Lets face it. The persona the public sees is based on the roles they play, fictional characters in a make beleive world. Off camera, many of these people are highly unstable and hardly the person you would want your child looking up to.

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PS Nice photo of Miss Clara Bow!!!

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Of course movies are getting worse, much worse. Look at Fantastic 4 and Herbie.

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As far as the preference to watch movies at home goes... $10-15 tickets don't really help either.

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"Many nasty rumors about [Clara Bow's] sexuality floated around the movie colony, including the one about her taking on the entire USC Football Team one night, which was finally disproved by a biographer, David Stenn."

Sarcasm is one thing, but spreading an untrue rumor to make a point -- even when covering a long-dead film star -- strikes me as rather unethical.

And, you know, bloggers are the role models! :)

-Pie

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Anybody heavily in the public spotlight becomes a role model. It's just about as simple as that. That's why manny of our role models are so bad -- they tend to be the younger, newly rich, and consequentially highly self absorbed. This covers a lot of movie stars, directors and sports figures.

When I was a kid, Astronauts were the great role model. These are people STILL putting their lives on the line to advance humanity and human achievement. And while they continue to do truly heroic deeds, they have fallen out of the limelight and out of our collective conscience... to be replaced by the likes of Tom Cruise and Shaq.

-Pie

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I should point out that, in the 1920s, most collegiate footballers played BOTH offense and defense.

Thus, in Clara's day, the USC team would have been a good deal smaller than it is now.

Furthermore, as a celebrity she would probably have chosen to eschew the second squad, and focus exclusively on starters.

Which brings her total number of orgy partners to a modest 11.

Now, then...if we assume the national average for male endurance during intercourse (roughly 120 seconds)...it may be seen that, at worst, Ms. Bow is guilty of participating in a 22 minute debauch.

Hardly enough to make her a slut, or a bad role model, for that matter.

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