Dergarabedian
Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon's expressions capture the way I tend to feel whenever I read a box-office assessment story quoting Media by Numbers president Paul Dergarabedian. A dependable, well-liked guy, but he zones people out. Not sassy or colorful enough. We need a movie stats guy who talks like Yogi Berra.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 3, 2008 at 4:20 PM
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berg
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Yogi Dergarabedian on Be Kind Rewind: "90% of the gross is the first weekend, the other half is the next week." ... on the Landmark Metro: "If people don't want to come out to the theater, nobody's going to stop them." ...
Posted by berg
at January 3, 2008 5:37 PM
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berg
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Yogi Dergarabedian on the opening weekend numbers for the remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three: "It's like Deja Vu all over again."
Posted by berg
at January 3, 2008 5:39 PM
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jeffmcm
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How about someone who just speaks English? And that includes avoiding outdated industry jargon like 'boffo' or 'ayem'.
Posted by jeffmcm
at January 3, 2008 7:39 PM
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gruver1
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Wells to jeffmcm: Simple English is beautiful, but cautious generic assessments in droning, tedious, cookie-cutter English is all we tend to get from Dergarabedian. A flavorful commentator with a little wit and color would be more welcome. Yogi Berra was an ox in a certain sense, but he was, in his own way, beautiful when he opined & ruminated. Why do you always sound like the quintessential Mother Hubbard, jeffmcm, with the Victorian cloth dress and the yarn-and-sewing needle basket by your side?
Posted by gruver1
at January 4, 2008 5:48 AM