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Written by Joe DiRosa
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Well I didn't quite finish yesterday as I got side tracked so I thought
I would finish today. Now I just got done telling you about the
financials of buying the building and some of what the NYAS should be
doing. Now events were and are a major part of the plan. I thought
there should be a Film Festival, Concert Series, Fashion Week, and
possibly an art fair along with some events on a more regular basis.
Obviously if we had a live music venue or a headquarters building we
would be doing the associated events with that as well. It could also
act as a hub as well.
Ideally something similar should be set up in L.A. and in a somewhat
scaled down version Miami as well. Internationally I have pegged
London, Paris, and Tokyo. I think that is where the international
markets for such idea would be ripe.
To do all NY, LA, and Miami I would say you probably would need the aid
of a major entertainment or internet company to the amount of $25
Million to purchase the facilities from the start. I would definitely
open maybe one every year or two to start. I would probably say it
would be much more beneficial to team with a company like Disney or AOL
rather than say someone like Yahoo because of the immediate content
production and distribution channels and agreements already in place.
So far I have totally financed this whole thing myself with no stockholders, Venture Capitalists, or investors.
So I shouldn't need to say much more about how we aren't quite
all the way there yet.
On the good side where as many companies would have already been
millions of dollars in debt or gone through the same in stockholder
financed money trying to find an indentitiy and build traffic,
I
love people and anyone who is interested in
helping out should definitely get in touch.
I also have to comment on "The Shield" finally on FX last night. I
started watching this show several weeks ago. Maybe about 8 episodes
and I've been pretty hooked especially with Nip/Tuck missing from the
schedule. The show is in its 3rd season so to say I’m behind is really
understating what’s going on. In fact I just found out he was actually
guilty of what they have been accusing him of on a rerun on the Spike
channel which they just started airing this week. Anyway the season
finally was last night and the cast is great but it centers around one
cop named Vic and it seems that they had this bad boy cop and they have
really painted this guy into a corner, which there is no escape.
Forrest Whittaker is also in this show as an Internal Affairs officer
chasing him down. This is really his most unappealing role that
I've ever seen him in.
The show has the regular go-rounds... Vic slept with the IA officers
wife last week, cops are killing cops, and really one of the funniest
scenes and really character divulging is with a hard up cop actually a
Detective which I swear you not "receives a less in Pimpology" from a
con character called Lawyer Jose Esquire who gets busy with his Harvard
educated hooker in the interigation room. Jose teaches him about how to
handle this rich woman he has turned into a hooker and then
the cop turns around and literally shows what a student he is and uses
that
information in perfect form on a young fresh off the vine female cop
who is to study under his tutelage. Saying "If I'm going to spend my
valuable time with you , you are going to have to make it worth my
while".
It just struck me how you have a very good show and from what I've seen
they have painted the shows star, Vic, into a corner which ultimately there
seems to be not only no escape from prosecution but also lacks a way
for the main character to be morally redeemed from his actions. Though I am sure they will find a way.
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