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    It's All Relativity

    Rob sends a shout out to the bankrupt Relativity Media company. Because a successful movie and an unsuccessful movie both employ the same number of people, so more movies, more better.

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    By Rob Long • Sep 16, 2015 • 3m Listen

    Before we begin, let me clarify two important details. One, I am not in the feature film business – over the years I've found it not terribly hospitable to the writer. Oh, sure, some writers thrive in it. But I'm the kind of writer who also likes to barge onto the set and tell the actors how to do the scene – in other words, I'm a television writer, and in the feature film business, that's known as a director, so I've steered clear of it....

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