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Hollywood Calls It Quits

The endless crowing about the death of Hollywood has finally reached parody level:

To better protect their stockholders' interests, Hollywood will be shifting its focus to safer, more reliable profit models, including real estate, life insurance, and the sale of hygiene products.

Said Meyer: "The mortuary industry also seems like a good bet. No matter what happens in the economy, there's always a market for funeral homes. People are always dying. That doesn't go unpredictably out of fashion with the public's taste, like, say, historical costume epics or Russell Crowe."

For a deconstruction of such thinking, see my own rant from earlier in the summer, or some blogging screenwriters' more recent ones.

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