Dixie Chicks trailer: must-not-see TV?
The Weinstein Co., which is distributing the new Dixie Chicks documentary Shut Up & Sing, says NBC and the CW are refusing to air the trailer (above) because it’s “disparaging to President Bush.” Of course, if everything that was disparaging to President Bush were taken off the air, we’d have hour upon hour of dead space. No doubt they’re going nuts about this news over at the Chicks’ fan blog. |
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October 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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Will NBC cancel Saturday Night Live? Or at least have them fire Will Forte? Can't have any disparaging of the President on the network.
Posted by: Michael Rebain | Oct 27, 2006 2:36:40 PM
Maybe NBC"s refusing to air the trailer because the film looks like much ado about nothing. So a couple of multimillionaire artistic sellouts make the mistake of saying some remarks that alienate their flag-waving, Walmart-shopping fan base. Now we all have to go watch them whine about the injustice of it all for two hours?? Maybe the Chicks should just sit back and revel in how much more fortunate they are than all the folks who can't relate to what they said whose hard earned money helped them become so rich and priviledged in the first place.
Posted by: | Oct 31, 2006 10:22:35 AM
The whole Dixie Chicks dustup isn't about free speech. It's about rich pampered entertainers who forgot their core audience. There has to be demand for the product you supply...
Posted by: Tim | Oct 31, 2006 11:13:18 AM
Dykie Chicks. Fuck them
Posted by: Tom | Oct 31, 2006 7:34:01 PM
Hey Tim and Tom, you tell'em! And what better place to do that than ON AN INSIDE THE AD BUSINESS web site with phrases like "core audience." Yee-haw!
Posted by: Junior Samples | Nov 1, 2006 4:24:42 PM
Hi Everybody
Posted by: hemant | Nov 3, 2006 1:04:07 AM
Come On
Posted by: Shelly | Nov 3, 2006 1:06:34 AM
Hurray Dixie Chicks...finally something from the south that is'nt Bush supporting American white trash!. and fuck NBC they are on the way out like the newspapers..The internet rules your corp fucks!
Posted by: Dave | Nov 30, 2006 5:56:25 PM
