[DOC] [TLE] Word for Word/Variety 'Slanguage'; Show-Biz Tubthumping: How to ... [PAR] Feb 25, 2001 ... It may not be long before they're bigger than boffo. ... nix -- reject, say no to; as in 
the famous Variety headline ''Sticks Nix Hick Pix,'' meaning that audiences in 
rural areas were not ... two-hander -- a play or movie with two characters; '' 'Love 
Letters' has been one of the .... First Draft  Elections  The Upshot. [DOC] [TLE] Slanguage Dictionary | Variety [PAR] In part it was a device to fit long words into small headlines, but it was also to .... 
first-look  a deal wherein a particular studio has the first option on a ... hardtop 
 indoor movie theater; The film is playing in Tampa at seven hardtops and two 
.... Variety headline Sticks Nix Hick Pix, meaning that audiences in rural areas... [DOC] [TLE] "Journo's Boffo Lingo: The Slang of Daily Variety" by Wilton, David ... [PAR] Those who for the first time open up Daily Variety, the trade paper of ... but to 
those familiar with Variety it is announcing that the movie Return of the King beat 
... "Sticks Nix Hick Pix," a headline for an article about rural audiences rejecting a 
film ... and strip tease (2 Dec 1936); the use of wow as a verb (24 Dec 1924); and,
... [DOC] [TLE] The Language Of Film Industry Executives  Gideon's Screenwriting ... [PAR] Feb 26, 2010 ... I stumbled across this quaint post which Variety magazine ... above the line  
Industry term: Industry term for movies and TV ... Cincy  Cincinnati; The touring 
'Phantom of the Opera' company did strong biz in Cincy before moving to Chi. .... 
headline Sticks Nix Hick Pix, meaning that audiences in rural... [DOC] [TLE] Get PDF (209K) - Wiley Online Library [PAR] of producing films for metropolitan tastes and for the rural and small town 
audiences.3 In other words, old insights were being recycled concerning how... [DOC] [TLE] Words Going Wild: May 2016 [PAR] May 2, 2016 ... Other word sleuths point to the nit reference to head lice, without much .... The 
Bard of Buffalo Bayou rejects the notion that he is a bigot. .... Monday, May 2, 
2016 ... in Variety, the show business newspaper, was STICKS NIX HICK PIX. ... 
the headline is that audience surveys indicate that movies about rural... [DOC] [TLE] Saturday Night Uforia: Anatomy of a Hoax -- Part Nine [PAR] Above: Front page of the October 30, 1929, edition of Variety. ... may be "Sticks 
Nix Hick Pix" for a story on rural audiences rejecting rural-themed movies. ... But 
the first two chapters of Scully's book had focused on the first scientist -- the ... 
The lecturer, never identified in his introduction, spoke before upward of 200 
students. [DOC] [TLE] New Poll: GOP Is DOA with Latinos | Politics | US News [PAR] Jul 17, 2015 ... It was a hard audience to win over, and if Sanders continues to gain on her in the 
... in the mirror first: Two years after its ballyhooed autopsy showed the party 
needed to ... Variety ran its legendary headline, "Sticks Nix Hick Pix" (which might 
be translated as, "Rural audiences reject rural-themed movies"). [DOC] [TLE] A Moon for the Misbegotten Words on Plays (2005) [PAR] A Moon for the Misbegotten was first performed in a Theatre Guild production at 
..... Set over a decade later, in September 1923, two months before the brother's 
... bish Yankee New Londoners who rejected his Irish family, and he gets his ...... 
famous Variety headline Sticks Nix Hick Pix, accompanied an article about rural
. [DOC] [TLE] Local News | Amarillo Globe-News [PAR] Jul 16, 2015 ... Two rabbinical students from the Chabad Community Center for Jewish Life ... In 
the fall, Medical Center Park will be home to the first playground in ... Variety ran 
its legendary headline, Sticks Nix Hick Pix

Question: First 2 words of Variety's headline about rural audiences rejecting rural movies, preceding "Hick Pix"
Answer: Sticks Nix