I am currently doing a term paper on the importance of the Action genre. I would like to check whether the feeling is correct at all that Action films have played a continuous major role on the US market during the last 20 years. To my knowledge, the B.O. numbers in "Variety" is the source to look at. 1. Are there other sources on the economic success (or not) of the Action genre? 2. Does Variety put is B.O. Data on the net? 3. On a more general level, did i forget a major caveat in assuming that within the realm of popular/mass culture, economic success is a strong sign of importance and designates relevance for an analysis of society as well. Just a short remark on VIDEO FOR FILM. Even though I haven't found time to enter the discussion, I happily followed the flow of arguments. Feeling heavily indebted to SCREEN-L now, how can one make reference to these writings. Are internet discussions/messages respected sources for scientific papers? All thoughts welcome. Thanks. Mario Gamper Seminar fuer Allgemeine Rhetorik Universitaet Tuebingen ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]