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Dec. 11th, 2011 11:27 pmI enjoyed the Washington Post's op-ed on Washington's continued second-tier status in Hollywood's movie release schedule. I spent last Monday utterly frustrated by Fandango, which wouldn't show me any December 9 showtimes for "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". It took me an embarrassingly long period of time to realize the premier date was only for LA and New York. And yet I can't imagine there's any market in the country with a greater per capita interest in spycraft and the Cold War.
Ditto my disappointment with the delayed release of "The Iron Lady." With the greatest respect, I can't imagine most New Yorkers or Los Angelenos are able to pick Margret Thatcher out of a line up, let alone get excited about her bio pic.
In other vaguely Washington-related entertainment news, Entertainment Weekly published an article on Experian-Simmons's annual research survey on entertainment preferences based on political orientation. Other than the bizarre polarizing effect of Swamp Loggers, the most interesting thing, in my opinion, is the large number of basic cable programs on each side's most-viewed list. If the broadcast networks aren't worried, they should be.
Ditto my disappointment with the delayed release of "The Iron Lady." With the greatest respect, I can't imagine most New Yorkers or Los Angelenos are able to pick Margret Thatcher out of a line up, let alone get excited about her bio pic.
In other vaguely Washington-related entertainment news, Entertainment Weekly published an article on Experian-Simmons's annual research survey on entertainment preferences based on political orientation. Other than the bizarre polarizing effect of Swamp Loggers, the most interesting thing, in my opinion, is the large number of basic cable programs on each side's most-viewed list. If the broadcast networks aren't worried, they should be.
