Category Archives: Films and TV

“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Jacques Chester

It’s pretty obvious that there were two versions of the script. In the original version of the script, which has no doubt lain in a filing cabinet for several years, there’s the plot involving Gordon Gekko and Forgettable Protagonist. Then, … Continue reading →

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The Daily Show on news media

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Jacques Chester

It’s no secret that I don’t think very highly of journalists. Too many of them use lazy shortcuts dressed up as serious journalism. The most common is “two-soundbites-and-that’s-a-wrap” trick, where they just get two different people, who they’ve decided to label as rivals, to provide a soundbite each. Then they write it up and head […] Continue reading →

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