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| re: Puzzlingly contradictory info in Variety | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:49 pm EDT 09/07/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Puzzlingly contradictory info in Variety - ryhog 12:06 am EDT 09/07/18 | |
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| I think it may simply be insufficient detail in the article. It says, "The loss, according to the Attorney General, is a net figure offset by the profits derived from shows that opened in earlier seasons and were still running." This makes me think that the report as a whole (perhaps it was an annual thing for a while?) was simply focusing just on money earned and lost during that particular season, with it being clear that some shows still running would bring profits in future seasons, and those profits from shows produced in past seasons would be counted in future seasons. If I'm being clear. Still, I agree that such reports generally are of limited use. Well, maybe you don't agree. :) I wonder if the 1977 report was perhaps relying on figures from just before Chicago recouped. |
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| re: Puzzlingly contradictory info in Variety | |
| Posted by: ryhog 07:22 pm EDT 09/07/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Puzzlingly contradictory info in Variety - AlanScott 05:49 pm EDT 09/07/18 | |
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| I don't disagree with anything you say. I think the state may have done these reports because they were trying to wrap their head around various questionable things. The only person who can declare a show recouped officially is the accountant, and it can only happen in hindsight, so I think you're right about what this report may have been doing. I dug as deep as I could dig on the internet and came up dry on the report. If someone was sufficiently interested they could file a FOIL request and get it I would think but that's beyond my level of curiosity. I never do any digging without finding (or re-finding) something fun. In this case, it was the contemporaneous lawsuit filed by Jerry Orbach against Rex Reed for calling him a "tone deaf mediocrity" (among other unpleasantries) in a review. Orbach lost. The review, he alleged, had been prompted by a dust-up at Sardi's between Reed and Orbach's first wife. |
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