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From: amigo@iwpba.UUCP (amigo)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Why TV Writers Dont Care About Technical Accuracy
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Date: Mon, 14-May-84 13:11:37 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 14 13:11:37 1984
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Michael Wahrman says:

>>	TV writers (producers and directors) have a model of the
>>	viewer that watches their work.  They believe that the viewer
>>	(1) doesn't care about accuracy, (2) doesn't care about
>>	consistancy, (3) is basically very stupid and (4) needs to have
>>	everything explained many times and (5) needs a lot of action
>>	or suspense on a regular basis especially right before a
>>	commercial or the channel will be switched.

In other words, as H. L. Mencken put it so well:  "No one ever when
broke underestimating the taste of the American public."  That
probably also goes for the intelligence of American public as well.

			John Hobson
			AT&T Bell Labs--Naperville, IL
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