As George Carlin is fond of pointing out, the Mongols and the Visigoths came along a wee bit before the invention of film and television. As George Carlin is fond of pointing out, the Mongols and the Visigoths came along a wee bit before the invention of film and television. Anyone with half a brain knows that the entertainment industry, fueled by the profit motive, invites investigation. The idea that the government is going to decide what constitutes unsuitable marketing strategies is outrageous. The larger objection is that the studio marketeers are aiming at all of us - as if we were robotic morons.
Kids are smart.
They know the ads are aimed at them. They're not residents of Skinner boxes who are simply responding to stimuli. Like another Joe before him, Lieberman is engaging in intimidation. And the idea that his visit was sponsored by the Creative Coalition, a pressure group headed by a group of show-business liberals, is all the more disheartening. Presided over by Norwegian-born Liv Ullmann , who took over after Jodie Foster dropped out, the judges are ''Brazil'' director Terry Gilliam , Taiwanese director Edward Yang , British actress Julia Ormond , Tunisian director Moufida Tlati , and Italian filmmaker Mimmo Calopresti .