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10/05/09
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Finke is a batshit crazy wackjob that everyone in town reads because they love to see her rake their enemies over the coals. They also love to feed her compliments and stories to get on her good side and avoid her poisoned pen.
Finke likes to say she doesn't give a fuck what people think of her, yet she's the first one out there to point out when she's being talked about and why she 'doesn't care'. Yes. She cares.
Basically, Hollywood created the monster they cannot control. It's like borrowing money from a gangster and never getting ahead of the vig.
10/05/09
I'd also add that while the New Yorker article shows her tenacity and cajones, especially in a company town that's all about relationships, what he glossed over, and where she was effing brilliant, was during the WGA strike, where she was the lone journalist calling out mega-corporate studios for their bs and serving - really serving - as ground zero for not only the latest information, but a place where all sides could air their information/opinions/grievances, both in her posts and in her comments sections (which were extensive, and because of the heated nature of the debate, she had to constantly monitor).
She worked her arse off during those months (to the detriment of her health), when other Hollywood bloggers and most trade journalists wouldn't go near the biggest issue in Hollywood. Of course they were largely dependent on the studios for advertising, especially during the run-up to the Oscars, when the strike took place. So here's this huge event that rocked Hollywood and the film industry - and Nikki Finke covered it pretty much single-handedly and round the clock as the press looked on. (Anne Thompson at least gave it a brief mention in her column: "I know Nikki Finke is kicking ass with the writers strike." !!!)
It shows how powerful these corporations and their advertising dollars are, to silence the fourth estate like that, and one could say it shows how powerful Nikki is, but it would miss the point. She had not only the courage, but the humanity and decency to insist on reporting both sides, standing up to corporate mega-powers and giving the writers a seat at town hall. So while she can be annoying (mainly when I don't agree with her), she has earned the respect of many.
It would have been interesting to see how she might have handled Joseph McCarthy and the Hollywood Blacklist of the 50's. I'd bet just about anything that McCarthy would have gotten the hell out of Dodge with his tail between his legs. If he'd shown up at all.
10/17/09
10/05/09
Reporters delude themselves into thinking that they're capable of truly reporting something objectively -- it's for the same reason that the mainstream media is such a joke when it claims to be "balanced" when it comes to politics. The best way to be fair is to let your biases be known, and Nikki certainly does that.
10/04/09
10/04/09
Just don't know why this post seems to harp and gloat on her health problems, social anxiety, being a blogger. From what lofty height are you judging her?
She seems to have quite a devoted following of people in the industry for telling it like it is, no matter the studio spin. She's apart from that system, so she can report on it. How is this a bad thing?
I don't imagine she's a fun person, but she's carved her niche. And I don't care about her cat.
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Yeah, I gots no reason to care about her. I don't even know what she actually does.
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03/10/09
"My Computer Hates Me."
(Computer) "Man, Do I Hate That Bitch."
03/10/09
Michelle, please give your Dell a break from the constant tap, tap, tap of hate and exaggeration.