Nugget of Wisdom

From Mark Caro -- currently subbing for Eric Zorn in the latter's Trib blog -- writing about Paramount's overprotective behavior during advance screenings of War of the Worlds:

People will feel more enthusiastic about heading to the multiplex when they sense that the movie industry is most concerned with protecting the audience’s good experience, not protecting the industry from the audience. As the saying goes, if we’re forced to sacrifice our way of life—or at least our way of enjoying movies—then the pirates have won.