Jun 11 2009
All Things Considered
Almost everyday, I get my afternoon news from NPR’s All Things Considered — a national radio show carried locally on KCRW. It’s been a pocket dream of mine to somehow get on that show someday. Well, on Tuesday, while I wasn’t mentioned directly, my movie Road Trip – Beer Pong was featured on the show in a rather ignominious story about one of our principal locations, Agnes Scott College. You can read the full story here: http://tinyurl.com/kjtzjp
The righteous indignation described in the NPR piece seems to be what college campuses are known for. But I also hope the students are being taught the basic tenet of a free market economy, that is, one thing of value is exchanged for another thing of value. On the other hand, I wouldn’t necessarily volunteer to scout out the LUG extras for the shoot! The last “direct-to-DVD” line of the article was the kind of ignorant, snobbish jab that narrowly defines NPR journalists and listeners as lefty elitists. (BTW, I’ve been hooked since I was 18