Love it when conservatives boast of being “Mad as hell…” In Network, Howard Beale was a mentally-unstable corporate tool (ie. their hero)
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In “Network,” once Beal *became* a corporate tool, ratings fell because “no one wants to be told that their lives are worthless.” Unable to remove him from network tv, middle management had him killed on live tv.
Comment by bradley laing — September 30, 2009 @ 4:51 pm
Howard Beale was always a corporate tool. From the moment the entertainment division swallowed up the news division and they decided that keeping this crazy guy on the air was great for ratings.
Comment by greg — September 30, 2009 @ 4:54 pm
Greg, why did they have him killed at the end of the movie…why wasn’t he still acceptable to the entertianment division?
Comment by bradley laing — October 1, 2009 @ 9:02 am
“This was the story of Howard Beale, the first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.”
Comment by greg — October 1, 2009 @ 9:14 am
Greg, he was killed *by middle management because of lousy ratings.* The owner of the corporation did the famous “You meddling with the primal forces of the universe” speech, and then insisted Beal stay on the air as ratings fell.
Then middle management killed him.
Comment by bradley laing — October 1, 2009 @ 11:49 am
I would like to read “oooh snyap” into the record.
Comment by Ross Lincoln — October 1, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
The conservatives sure have a knack for choosing the wrong symbols, don’t they? Here it’s Howard Beale, the pawn of big business. In an later post, it’s conservatives as the defenders at the Alamo. Of course, that one I can easily sign off on.
Comment by JayDee — December 8, 2009 @ 5:33 am