GeorgePaul
Second Unit
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Harry Shearer is a multi-talented, brilliantly funny actor and impressionist. He has been in the business of making mainstream American entertainment for over half a century (with child roles going as far back as "The Jack Benny Show" and The Robe in the early 1950s).
So, Shearer knows how the behind-the-scenes games are played in Hollywood. If he REALLY wanted to leave a series, he would just do it, I think--not just pop off to a reporter about being ill-treated. Still, I don't think he should be complaining in the first place (not publicly, anyway), considering how little he's had to work for a living in the past decade. But, like most "Simpsons" fans, he's probably been unhappy with the declining quality of the shows ever since he re-upped his contract.
I have a hunch a lot of the people who have been heavily involved with the show creatively for many years are, like Shearer, tired of doing the same old crap in a worse way and just want the show to end. I can't blame them. It's worth one brilliant "Simpsons" movie just to stop watching the best TV show of the 1990s (next to MST3K) grow more sick with virtually every episode.
By the way, I couldn't agree more, Moe, with your comments about teachers. The only reason they are paid so woefully less than athletes or entertainers isn't because they generate less revenue--they'd just know that much better than to sell out their hard-earned money to advertisers and other business interests whose only concern is using them to make money.
So, Shearer knows how the behind-the-scenes games are played in Hollywood. If he REALLY wanted to leave a series, he would just do it, I think--not just pop off to a reporter about being ill-treated. Still, I don't think he should be complaining in the first place (not publicly, anyway), considering how little he's had to work for a living in the past decade. But, like most "Simpsons" fans, he's probably been unhappy with the declining quality of the shows ever since he re-upped his contract.
I have a hunch a lot of the people who have been heavily involved with the show creatively for many years are, like Shearer, tired of doing the same old crap in a worse way and just want the show to end. I can't blame them. It's worth one brilliant "Simpsons" movie just to stop watching the best TV show of the 1990s (next to MST3K) grow more sick with virtually every episode.
By the way, I couldn't agree more, Moe, with your comments about teachers. The only reason they are paid so woefully less than athletes or entertainers isn't because they generate less revenue--they'd just know that much better than to sell out their hard-earned money to advertisers and other business interests whose only concern is using them to make money.