Re: Dear Hollywood...

[Deleted]

Dear Hollywood,

Thank you for demoting Freddie Prinze Jr. and Tara Reid to television where they belong. Now if you can further demote them to appearances at car dealership openings and memorabilia shows that would be even better. That is all for now.

[duskwolf]

Dear Hollywood,

Just because teenagers have more money than ever, there's no reason to cater just to them.

Many, many of us are over 22 and out of college (the majority of us, actually), and we'd appreciate it if you produced entertainment that works for us.

Yours ever truly,

Duskie

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Dear Hollywood,

I know that this may come as a surprise, but African-American women actually do appear as more than wise-cracking/attitude heavy/neck-rolling sidekicks in real life. I will give you a moment to digest this before demanding that they be portrayed as such.

P.S. Most of us don't identify with Halle Berry and please stop using her as an excuse. Believe it or not, there can be more than one talented Black actress at a time.

Yours warmly,
Bisonchiefnole

[radguuurl]

Dear Hollywood,

What bisonchiefnole said. Also, not all of us come in a shade of light caramel that seems so prevalent. Oh, and when you rarely decide to actually cast a black woman along side a non-black guy and they have a considerable amount of chemistry (see, Berry, Halle and Jackman, Hugh in Swordfish), have them kiss or do something. It was a crime against humanity to stick poor Halle with that fat joke known as John Travolta. Even if she isn't the greatest actress, that sort of punishment isn't deserved.

Oh, and can we get a movie starring Sean Bean that has him having a lot of sex in it without him a.) being a villain and b.) dying? You know, something like say, a sequel to Troy with him as Odysseus? See, you don't even have to create a new character and Brad Pitt and Eric Bana can even make an appearance as themselves in the Underworld. It could be awesome, I swear.

No Love,
Radguuurl

[shawnalanne]

Dear Hollywood,

Study what HBO has done over the last few years. You know, age appropriate parings, screenplay adaptations that were not dumbed down to the ninth degree. They even have some 'big’ words thrown in -- not to demonstrate a characters geekieness, and not because it is in a foreign country, but because they explored complex issues.

Sincerely,

ShawnaLanne

P.S. Older female actors deserve more than Lifetime channel scripts. Not that I don't love me some Lifetime for Women.

[Ripley]

Dear Hollywood,

Believe it or not, not every high school girl wants to be part of The In Crowd. Some are far more interested in their studies, their sports team, their school play, or their band to give a damn what Chelsea McSnootypants and Ashley Looksdownonyou think.

Next, please stop assuming that people in the Midwest are backwards hicks. Not all of us are farmers. Many of us are well-educated. Some of us even spent time in NY or LA and left because *gasp!* they thought the place was not all it's cracked up to be.

Listen to what radguuurl says about Sean Bean. He is 12 flavors of yum.

Please get rid of Goldie Hawn and send her No Talent Ass Clown of a daughter along for the ride.

No love,
Ripley

[dwanollah]

Dear Hollywood -

NOW are you convinced that Britney Spears is over and done with? We ain't buyin' it no more!

Hopefully the sparkly pop princess backlash will also affect the other nubile blond virgins (and not so virgins), and we can be done with Jessica, Lindsay, Ashlee, Hilary and Hailey, MK and Ashley, Paris, Nicky and Nicole all in one fell swoop.

Here's a radical idea for y'all to promote: howzibout actual talent?

Gotta go listen to my Joss Stone and Aimee Mann cds now!

Love,
Dwanollah

[heavenwithagun]

Dear Hollywood,

For some time you've had me in a state of never expecting much so that I'm never dissappointed. Good for you. And sometimes I'll see something I really have no interest in because I'm desperate, yup.

Why do you fire someone and give them a multi-million dollar going away present? Where can I fill out my application to be a studio head?

no love lost,
me

BTW, I would never even considering paying full price for a ticket.

[colette]

Let's not wish death on people. That's not asking too much, is it?

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Colette, you're right. Hollywood, put the rifle down.

In all honesty Eva ain't that bad. I like her breathy voice and that "I'll have your baby, Brad" t-shirt has hysterical. In fact, of all the people in Hollywood to poo-poo, why did I choose her? Could it be that I am just like a school kid who throws food at the girl he secretly has a crush on? Or like Cher in Clueless who constantly picks on Paul Rudd's character when deep down it is because she is madly in love with him? I think I am having a breakthrough about Eva Longoria! Cue the lights! Cue the fountain!! Cue the zoom in!!! Cue the high point of the "All by Myself" instrumental!!!! *I* love Josh!!!!

...I mean, Eva.

So Hollywood, scrap what I said. Let that plucky little housewife roam free and prosper in your rolling hills! I think I have seen what is on the other side of snark. And its beautiful.