Comments on: The Tyranny Of Likeability

By: waltherppk89

waltherppk89 — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:35:35 +0000

“Studio note number 63: “The protagonist isn’t likeable enough.”

My response: “Likeability? That didn’t stop the studio from hiring you.”

Well put, Joker.

By: K

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:16:47 +0000

Europeans as a whole do not have this overwhelming need to give everything the easy answer, the half-baked cliche.

I like the cuisine analogy. Presumably this means that euro media depiction of capitalists and business people uniformly as evil profit mongering clowns is a “fully-baked cliche”, as opposed to the Hollywood half baked ones.

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By: Jason Apuzzo

Jason Apuzzo — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:36:12 +0000

For what it’s worth, I’ve noticed the same thing from my own time over there …

By: Jason Apuzzo

Jason Apuzzo — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:35:06 +0000

Actually, I’m not sure that’s true. I think the original – adjusted for inflation – was the most successful.

By: Reeserlvr99

Reeserlvr99 — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:14:57 +0000

I recently read something about French vs. American culture on another site and thought it relates well to what you were saying about Americans being so worried about “likeability.”

An American was complaining that when they visit Paris, people don’t smile a lot in public. A Parisian wrote in and said that in France, to go around grinning all the time is considered either a sign of foolishness or senility.

So there you go. That’s the difference between the two cultures.

By: maatkare

maatkare — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:04:25 +0000

Rocky may have lost the first fight, but he sure made more money at the box office when he won the next 4. (I am specifically not including Rocky V because that sucked beyond belief) And although he “lost” in ROcky Balboa, we all know he “won.”

By: Claude

Claude — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:42:02 +0000

The reason that the French can make a movie like “Le Diner de Cons” and have it be a success is because they’re not afflicted with the sentimentality of the Americans. Europeans as a whole do not have this overwhelming need to give everything the easy answer, the half-baked cliche.