But I wish some movies had never been made. I advise movie-goers to shun them. I will not defend them. But neither will I defend all members of Congress, or all doctors, or investment bankers, or heaven forbid, all lawyers and journalists. Indeed, I am an admirer of Edmund Burke's splendid admonition that one must never indict an entire society for the venal acts of a few.
TV is a powerful medium.
We have a responsibility to do no less than try to diminish program violence. We talk about how dramatic narrative can be sustained, how character development can be enhanced, how conflict can be presented, all without the insertion of unnecessary action-violence. I think we have made admirable progress. We must do more. And we will.