Dr. Day ...

Once again, TCM is playing Kisses for My President, about the first female POTUS. Before this thread, had you even heard of this obscure film?

OK, so it's TCM's annual 31 Days of Oscar, where they play only films that won or were nominated for an Academy Award.

Let's see how TCM justifies airing this film during this festival- - This film has one nomination, for best costumes in a black and white film. The film did not win an Oscar and the category in which it was nominated hasn't existed since the 1960s, and yet, here it is- again- for the second time this year, the last time being the day after Inauguration Day. TCM has films in its library that could have filled this alphabetical slot.

I'm telling you- they are sticking this in our face. It doesn't matter that nobody seems to fucking care but me. They're doing it. It's not my imagination.

Now you have me wondering about the next film in the lineup: Kitty Foyle.
Its a story about social classes and the familial disapproval of a working class girl who marries into money.
Ginger Rogers won an Oscar.
TCM is my favorite channel. I hope it does not turn to crap.
American Classis Movies sure did.

Seems like the two hosts, one man, one woman, are trying to appeal to certain segments of the viewership. 2 different groups btw. It definitely lisps to the left on the horizon.
Watched a good British movie that was made in Hollywood, last nite. 'Kind Lady', Ethel Barrymore, Angela L, Keenan W. It was a classic British movie.

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Originally posted by DSgrouse:
Tcm i hoped would have been better. Yet holly wood started madame secretary as a tv show to get hildabot elected.

A TV show I have never watched, and won't. Hillary was a terrible SoS and I immediately recognized the intent of the show to make her seem more capable. We've had other female SoS but I didn't really care for them, either--Condi wasn't too bad, but she was no Margaret Thatcher or Jeane Kirkpatrick. Considering all the majority-Islam countries we have to deal with, I'm not convinced that a female SoS is a good idea--Muslims don't deal well with females.

flashguy

The Wall

Come on. They're shoving it in your face. This show premiered on December 19, 2016, about six weeks after the Presidential election.

Hello

McFly

Been away for a week or so ... haven't seen any American TV for a bit other than some weird foxnews (Intl version - no commercials, highly repetitive - perhaps just no new news over the weekend).

I long for the days when hollywood was pro-America.

So, let no doubt remain:

"In 1976, the idea of a major television network exploiting the mad rants of a deranged lunatic on the news as a ploy for ratings was so boldly absurd, it could only be considered outrageous satire. Today there is a deranged lunatic doing the news every hour during prime time." - TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz in his lead-in to the airing of Network on TCM, February 18th, 2017

Mankiewicz then went on to call the film "depressingly prophetic."



If you cannot now see what I'm talking about, you'll never see it.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

Mankiewicz then went on to call the film "depressingly prophetic."

Ben seems to be out of touch with this particular movie, the news business in general and the American people outside his tunnel-visioned view of the country. He also has completely missed who Paddy Chayefsky was. But he is on a cable movie channel talking about movies so surely he's an expert, no?

Is Robert Osborne ever coming back? I miss his perspective on films.

Robert Osbourne is in his mid eighties and apparently in failing health, and although TCM is leaving his name up on the marquee, my feeling is that the next time we see him- if ever- it will be as a farewell. I imagine that will sometime within the next few months.

That's the disheartening part of all of this. This isn't a temporary state of affairs until the adults return home and make the household sane again. The adults are never coming home again. We're stuck with children who are now perpetually upset about the last presidential election.

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Robert Osbourne is in his mid eighties and apparently in failing health, and although TCM is leaving his name up on the marquee, my feeling is that the next time we see him- if ever- it will be as a farewell. I imagine that will sometime within the next few months.

That's the disheartening part of all of this. This isn't a temporary state of affairs until the adults return home and make the household sane again. The adults are never coming home again. We're stuck with children who are now perpetually upset about the last presidential election.

Agreed.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Robert Osbourne is in his mid eighties and apparently in failing health, and although TCM is leaving his name up on the marquee, my feeling is that the next time we see him- if ever- it will be as a farewell. I imagine that will sometime within the next few months.

That's the disheartening part of all of this. This isn't a temporary state of affairs until the adults return home and make the household sane again. The adults are never coming home again. We're stuck with children who are now perpetually upset about the last presidential election.

Agreed.

I agree with your agreed.

The Classic Movie Channel has morphed in to The Communist Movie Channel, eh?

Killed pay TV years ago, and what is left of my brain thanks me for it daily. (pun intended)

We've been in a cost-cutting mode for a while here in the newtoSig household, and reduced our satellite package over the weekend. No more TCM.

I can't say as I'm going to miss it, the way they're running things now.

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