If you want to be a star in traditional Hollywood, you want to hook up with representation in the mold of Ari Gold, the 'Super Agent' in HBO's sitcom Entourage.
But if you want make moves in broadband-enhanced, next-gen Big Money Media, Ari isn't your best option.
The person you want is the lead architect of this future.
Of course, being the lead architect of a future implies use of the best building materials.
Putting the 'old' in Ari Gold, then, starts with being the Irving Thalberg of News Corp., MySpace's new owner and the owner of the FOX television network, among many other assets. From The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era, by Thomas Schatz:
"Thalberg was not the most powerful man at Loew's/MGM, nor was he the most artistic individual at the studio. But he occupied a critical position in the system -- poised, in effect, between New York and L.A., between capitalization and production, between conception and execution. He developed a system that kept these forces in equilibrium, and he carved out his own role as studio production chief in the process. It was a role that Thalberg virtually created and defined, and by the late 1920's, it was the single most important role in the Hollywood studio system."
To learn more about my efforts to fulfill the promise of the New News Corp., visit my MySpace Group, Land of OpportuniTV.
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Enjoy,
Frank Ruscica
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