Comments on: How Hollywood, lotteries and mutual funds show that all risk is relative http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/06/how-hollywood-lotteries-and-mutual-funds-show-that-all-risk-is-relative/ Hedge funds, portable alpha, 130/30 and alpha-centric investing Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:52:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: I. Thalberg http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/06/how-hollywood-lotteries-and-mutual-funds-show-that-all-risk-is-relative/comment-page-1/#comment-169884 I. Thalberg Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:06:03 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4949#comment-169884 “It seems studio executives are generally betting on the next Titanic, because the very highest grossing movies are R rated.” Ah, you would think that wouldn't you....but you would be wrong. Movies are made for one reason-to consolidate and spread cultural power. This is done by what type of film? R Rated. Hollywood does not care if 20 R Rated films bust-as long as they push the cultural extension. The one R Rated hit will cover the 20 losers, but all 20 will push the message. “It seems studio executives are generally betting on the next Titanic, because the very highest grossing movies are R rated.”

Ah, you would think that wouldn’t you….but you would be wrong.

Movies are made for one reason-to consolidate and spread cultural power. This is done by what type of film? R Rated. Hollywood does not care if 20 R Rated films bust-as long as they push the cultural extension. The one R Rated hit will cover the 20 losers, but all 20 will push the message.

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