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Re: Blade Runner (Understanding the plot)
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"Richard J. Leskosky" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:17:26 -0600
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At 11:27 AM +0100 3/15/02, David Skreiner wrote:

>. The studios have a reputation for wanting quick

>cash, which is created by putting bums on seats in the midwest.

>So if a midwestern lower-middle-class audience doesn't like the

>movie... it's back to the cutting room.





If that's true, then why aren't  all the test screenings done in the

midwest?   In fact, they're done mostly in California.  Before you

start making assertions about Hollywood's response to regional/class

stratification in the USA, you need to do  more research.



--Richard J. Leskosky



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