May 09, 2009

I'm as Mad as Hell, and I Can't Take it Anymore

If you haven't seen this movie, I encourage you to add it to your Netflix queue right now.

New Yorker screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky predicted the current world of television content in his 1976 academy awarded movie Network.



This particular scene shows us the moment in which news anchor Howard Beale went nuts on primetime television and started preaching the truth and speaking his mind about everything. It was an amazing performance that earned it an Oscar and a wonderful story overall that gave us a clear warning of the trashy content that lives in television these days.

Hopefully we still have the HBO and Showtime's of the world to keep us entertained with good quality content... for a while.

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