Chillpak Hollywood Hour #235
November 15, 2011 | 
Author Your friends in podcasting will be in Seattle, Washington, on Tuesday 22 November, at the Northwest Film Forum to screen THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. Only a handful of seats remain at this intimate venue, so get your tickets today!
From Seattle, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness will be traveling north to Vancouver, BC, for the Canadian Premiere of their film on Thursday 24 November at the Rio Theatre (get tickets here). Later that night, Dean will be performing a big improv comedy reunion show. Get details and tickets here.
Today, we invite you to join Dean and Phil as they discuss Penn Sate, Eve Ensler, Brett Ratner, the Oscars, the disappearance of young men and much much more, including …
The Chillpak Hollywood Development News of the Week …
The Chillpak Hollywood Lawsuit of the Week …
The Chillpak Hollywood “Wingnut” of the Week …
The Chillpak Hollywood Explanation of the Week.
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If you get accused of being a wingnut to your face here’s a fun way to reply:
” Ahhh…. I see your suffering from the Semmelweis Effect…!!!” first show a flash of horror, then disgust follow by nodding condolence as you continue;
“Research has shown its passed down through families, organisations and sometimes even business associates. I hope you can get over it one day…. ”
walk away nodding your head in sadness.
Great background sounds of dogs having dinner and drinking? LOL
Your explanation of changing demographics was fascinating, but the repeated assertion that young men are “disappearing” (even citing their decreasing numbers in the population as a whole, not just as a target market) is misleading. An entire age/gender segment isn’t suddenly dropping off the face of the earth; we all get that.
The real issue is of course that if fewer young men are paying to see movies, the film industry has to start noticing that other people exist. It’s not that their only audience is disappearing; it’s that they’ll now be forced to acknowledge that young men are not their only audience, and maybe the rest of us would like (and even pay!) to see things in popular culture that appeal to our interests too.
As convenient soundbites go, “Disappearance of Young Men” is about as accurate and helpful as “War on Christmas”.