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Originally Posted by Skybird
No, it is not that one-lane road you claim. Demand can artifically be created, and is all the time. To do so is the job of the advertisement industry, and lobbying. One would not spend billions into that effort year by year if it were not producing returns the companies can count in dollars and cents.
That includes the weapons lobby. That includes Hollywood.
And like kids can get used to not like sweets as much as they usually do, you can also educate or influence people to find images of violence and weapons less attractive. For many of us, this also happens all by itself, naturally, when we become older.
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PARTY FOUL.
You mean to tell me that the European desire for American movies is solely based on media presentation and advertising? Sorry. that rationale doesn't work, Sky. EVERYONE who pays to see a movie - American or not - makes a CHOICE to do so. Where the rubber meets the road, it's a CHOICE. Unless, of course, the American media companies are subtly brainwashing Europeans into going to the movies... ?
No, sorry, total party foul. American movies are made today based on the perception of European ticket sales - I know this for a fact. If there's little to no European appeal in a title, it's chances of being made by a large studio become almost nil, because there will be so little European ticket sales. Advertising is only a small part of the whole process.