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Thursday, February 07, 2008

Horribly distasteful comment of the week

FRIEND: What was Heath Ledger so depressed about?
ME: He just saw "A Knight's Tale" on TNT

Oh, Disney, you're so sly


“Sold out. Sold out. Sold out.”
That’s what the recorded voice at Showcase Cinemas told me last weekend when I called to see if tickets to the Hannah Montana movie were available.
My nearly 8-year-old daughter is too young for the live concert scene, so there wasn’t much strife in our house over not being able to see Hannah Montana/Miley Cirus live on stage in Hartford in December. The show sold out instantly and ticket demand caused many to completely lose their minds, like this woman.
The announcement of a live concert movie, however, caught my daughter’s eye thanks to commercials that ran more frequently than Matthew McConaughy takes off his shirt.
Adding to the tension was the movie’s pitch: ONE WEEK ONLY!
Being a cynic and suspicious of everything, I knew Disney was playing us.
“There’s no way they’re going to let a guaranteed hit movie stay around for just one week,” I told my wife.
As it turned out, a really smart friend of ours bought a block of Hannah movie tickets ahead of time and invited our daughter. But that left our 4-year-old daughter feeling more forgotten than Sean Young. Don’t panic, I told my wife.
This week, miraculously, the movied was extended due to popular demand.
Disney, I played you. Both my kids will be happy without getting trapped by your manipulation machine. You may control my life, but it’s on my terms.