Hollywood

There are three things I would change in Hollywood were I ever to have such far reaching power as a Goldwyn, or a Zanuck did in the golden age.

1. Writers - PLEASE never use the phrase "....so what are you saying?". I am so sick of being treated like a numbskull who can't understand it the FIRST time it is said and this mechanism of having some information repeated drives me nuts. Did The Three Stooges ever have to resort to this? I am a beginning blogger who never took a writing course and it has become obvious to me.

2. On the other side of the coin is the phrase "it's complicated" which explains NOTHING. Now it is even the title of a movie and I can only assume it is a movie about nothing, and that I pray does not use it in the dialogue over and over.

3. Why are MOST Sandra Bullock movies about a character who experienced some sort of tragedy as a child and is a lonely loner who builds walls between herself and the world. I have not seen her Oscar-nominated performance this year because a white family rescuing a black character just seemed too Clarence Thomas-like, and also a bit retro in this day and age. Movies where she plays these damaged characters would include "The Lake House", "The Proposal", "While You Were Sleeping", "Miss Congeniality", "Murder By Numbers", "The Net" and probably others, but I am not checking her IMDB page. I LOVE Ms. Bullock, and when she has ventured away from these characters I love her even more.

So please, Hollywood, elaborate on the complicated details in a plot..... but only once, we'll catch on, and if not we will replay it ..... and Sandra - please depict characters in either all out comedy, drama, horror, or whatever genre you choose, but please, with no lurking childhood trauma.

I am tired of being unable to enjoy any movie or TV show once it has used the two phrases mentioned above, though I must admit to Ms. Bullock, it has become almost catnip to me to go see your movies and find out if the damaged childhood cliche is there. So I guess kudos you in in a way.