On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... for her SNL appearance, announced during the creative arts ceremony > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100822/media_nm/us_emmys > > I dispute the sentence in the article which states, "White has enjoyed > a remarkable career resurrection, kick-started last year by her role > as a sprightly grandmother in the Sandra Bullock comedy 'The > Proposal.'" Like it or lump it, Facebook made White take centerstage > again. Her resurgence has nothing to do with a Sandra Bullock comedy. > I am going to have to side with the yahoo article here. The Facebook campaign added some juice, but she was clearly jump-started by the Bullock film (The Proposal, which came out in June of 2009). My wife made me see the Bullock film, and I recall how the only thing that made it remotely bearable was Betty White. It is really very bad - worse even than the typical example of its kind, but it grossed almost 200 million on 2009 in the US alone (and kicked "The Hangover" - which was an incredibly popular film with the 20-somethings) out of first place when it came out, and was popular on DVD. Lots of young people (young girls, no doubt often dragging their young boyfriends along) saw The Proposal, and probably had their first introduction to BW there. That planted the seeds for her resurgence, which were then hyper-fertilized by her Super Bowl commercial. The Facebook campaign was simply the flowering of these events (supplemented by other lower profile work she was doing on late night tv shows). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
