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John Cleese says in the a WTF Podcast interview that he thinks the U.S. education system is better because it exposes children to more so they can better make a decision what career they want to pursue. He said he was happy his daughters were educated in the United States. And this is coming from s

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On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 6:25 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > I don't know. I think the British education system is a rising tide that > lifts all boats. I mean British heavyweight boxer Frank Bruno was more > articulate in his Letterman appearances than two American presidents of the > last 20 years. I t

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I don't know. I think the British education system is a rising tide that lifts all boats. I mean British heavyweight boxer Frank Bruno was more articulate in his Letterman appearances than two American presidents of the last 20 years. I think Letterman loved to mentally spar with Helena Bonham C

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On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:56 AM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I am so friggin' tired of this "Brits have training and Americans don't" > canard that I could spit. The MFA programs over here are every bit the > equal of what's being done at RADA or LAMDA. The ac

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"In Memoriam" segment baffler: Chuck Berry, who I don't think wrote any music specifically for movies (yes, I am aware of "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n Roll"), was included, but Glen Campbell wasn't (Vintage Vinyl News

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I am so friggin' tired of this "Brits have training and Americans don't" canard that I could spit. The MFA programs over here are every bit the equal of what's being done at RADA or LAMDA. The accent mesmerizes Americans into thinking they're somehow smarter and better. Sure, there are crap Ame

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Another way of saying that is, while there is a vibrant film industry in many nations, the best place to become a famous, highly paid movie star is “Hollywood “ - especially for English speaking actors. A higher fraction of US actors are focused on becoming movie stars, while a higher fraction of B

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I'm reminded of a recent Martin Freeman interview (he's in Black Panther) where the talk show host (probably Conan) asked about the differences between British and American actors, probably in the context of many British actors getting roles as Americans.  While acknowledging that there are cer

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On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 10:00 AM Tom Wolper wrote: > >> >> It's no surprise that the ratings were horrible. It's been known that >> people tune in to see which awards a favorite picture wins and the nominees >> were all fairly obscure. I also th

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I am going to find some time soon to gather some data on the average decline in general if ratings for big tv events to provide context for what are other wise meaningless data points on Year to year declines for specific events. I believe the Daytona 500 ratings were down like 15% this year. The

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On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 10:00 AM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Steve Timko wrote: > >> had to tiptoe through it and he did a good job.. >> > > It's no surprise that the ratings were horrible. It's been known that > people tune in to see which awards a favorite picture wins

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On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Steve Timko wrote: > I only watched through the monologue. I give Kimmel a solid double, not a > home run for that. Generally good stuff but he also played it safe. > Early indications are that it is the lowest-rated Oscars ever. > I was on YouTube maybe an hour

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I only watched through the monologue. I give Kimmel a solid double, not a home run for that. Generally good stuff but he also played it safe. Early indications are that it is the lowest-rated Oscars ever. http://ew.com/awards/2018/03/05/oscars-2018-ratings/ ⁣Not sent from an iPhone​ On Mar 4, 2

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I watched the whole thing. The Jet Skis did not save time, but he used it for moderate comic effect a few times throughout and at the end. What I really liked was something I assume the director did: One of the speeches had gone long, and the orchestra (despite what Jimmy promised) did start to pl