They Can Keep Secrets

Screenwriter Mike Armstrong has a list of the secrets the mainstream media have been able to keep - and some they weren't:

Take a look at this list:

• "The Crying Game." Secret not revealed.

• Government phone-tapping program: Secret revealed.

• "The Sixth Sense." Secret not revealed.

• "The Village." Secret not revealed.

• Government banking surveillance program: Secret revealed.

• "The Usual Suspects." Secret not revealed.

• "Million Dollar Baby." Secret not revealed.

Five out of seven times isn't too shabby in my book.

Indeed! And it wasn't always easy!:

Vincent Canby wrote in his New York Times review: "The film's producers have pleaded with reviewers not to reveal important plot twists. ... More from me you will not get." True to his word, Canby took that secret to his grave. Only he and the millions of people who saw the movie knew that the female lead was actually a guy.

So - Hollywood is 5-2 on Armstrong's list...

And the other two times? Well, maybe these newspapers are just trying to ruin the big surprise ending for the terrorists. Is that so wrong?

Well, when you put it that way...

It's nice to know they have their limits.

Posted by Mitch at August 1, 2006 06:13 AM | TrackBack