So I was being more than a bit idealistic wishing that down
those mean
streets a man had gone who put artistic rights before
business concerns.
Of course blacklisting and Production Codes and ratings are
all business
decisions, not artistic ones. And in a business as expensive
as the
motion picture industry, business concerns are usually going
to win.
Even in the relatively less expensive publishing business, we
see book
publishers turning their backs on hardboiled, not because it
isn't
profitable, but because it isn't profitable enough.
Mark
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