So does the fact that we love these old films to the extent we do act as a barrier?
Coppola asks in the books afterword.
Those who came to New York found an especially fertile place to begin.
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At first, good material was hard to come by.
But a change of thinking arrived with the influx of postwar talent.
Thus began the Golden Age of Live Television.
But I turned around, and there he also was, sitting at his piano watching the broadcast.
Today, sports remain the most popular programming available, and are live by necessity.
The many awards shows that have slavishly come upon the heels of the Academy Awards are also live.
Television and movies are now pretty much the same thing, asThe SopranosandBreaking Badhave shown.
So they turned to long-form cable television, resolved to make that kind of personal cinema.
SNLhas managed to be both popular and relevant no doubt popular because it is relevant.
The originalHoneymoonerscomedy show often parodied current events.
(Some ofSNLhas always made use of recorded portions, even filmed parts, and EVS replay servers.)
