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Even a very brief tape-delay introduces a form of censorship into the broadcast - not direct governmental control, but it means that a network representative is in effect guessing at what a government might tolerate, which can be even worse.

~Frank Pierson

Topics: Brief Broadcast Censorship Control Direct Effect Even Even Worse Form Government Guessing Means Might Network Representative Tolerate Very Which Worse

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Movies are more than a commodity. Movies are to our civilization what dreams and ideals are to individual lives: They express the mystery and help define the nature of who we are and what we are becoming.

~Frank Pierson

Topics: Becoming Civilization Commodity Define Dreams Express Help Ideals Individual Lives More Movies Mystery Nature Our Than Who

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There's no question that the '70s themselves were really wide open. There was just so much being done at that time. Every year, the major studios were commissioning things that they would never touch today or even thought of touching in the 1950s.

~Frank Pierson

Topics: Being Being Done Done Even Every Just Major Much Never No Question Open Question Really Studios Themselves Things Thought Time Today Touch Touching Were Wide Would Year 1950S

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It used to be that we felt that when we went to a theater, a legitimate theater... that we were going to share an experience together. That when we walked away where there would be something to talk about in that movie that had some meaning and relevance in our lives. And I think that we have lost that.

~Frank Pierson

Topics: About Away Experience Felt Going Had Legitimate Lives Lost Meaning Movie Our Our Lives Relevance Share Some Something Talk Theater Think Together Used Walked Were Where Would I Think

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A 'live' show is either alive or not. Free speech is free or it is not. Viewers are free to use their remote or TiVo. Parents are responsible or they are not.

~Frank Pierson

Topics: Alive Either Free Free Speech Live Parents Remote Responsible Show Speech Use Viewers

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: May 12th, 1925

Died: July 22nd, 2012

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