- 9/19/12 /
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Polone: Why Animal Practice Is Animal Cruelty
There's nothing funny about the way Crystal the monkey is used for laughs.
Gavin Polone Archive
- 9/12/12 /
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Polone: The Main Reason TV Is Now Better Than Movies
The plague of unoriginal studio movies has its roots in Hollywood's greenlight process.
- 8/1/12 /
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Apocalypse Nikki: Polone Challenges the Power of the Vengeful Finke
Are Hollywood execs right to be afraid of her? There's only one way to find out.
- 7/25/12 /
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Polone: Why Stars Don’t Matter — and Never Have
Our columnist takes the contrary position.
- 7/19/12 /
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Polone: Reality TV Isn’t Real, and Why Viewers Don’t Care
Producers won't cop to it being staged, per se, but acknowledge that the players know all too well the drama that's expected of them.
- 7/11/12 /
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Polone: Why Everyone in Hollywood Is Paying More for a Manager
Everyone used to be fine paying 10 percent for just an agent. Now they have to pay twice that to get the same career advice.
- 5/30/12 /
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Polone: The Perils of the Disgustingly Big Hollywood Ego
Many directors and showrunners think they can treat people like crap because they are a creative genius. Wrong.
- 5/23/12 /
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Polone: The Unglamorous, Punishing Hours of Working on a Hollywood Set
Twelve to sixteen hours are the daily norm, and that's gotta stop.
- 5/16/12 /
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Polone: Why Sacha Baron Cohen Deserves the Nobel Prize
He sneaks political and social messages into outrageous comedy, tricking audiences into hearing them.
- 5/9/12 /
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Polone: The Folly of Having Focus Groups Judge TV Pilots
The fate of a show can be decided by three cranky, biased people complaining to a moderator.