Screen Gems/television Subsidiary - 1948%e2%80%931974

Famous quotes containing the words screen, gems and/or television:

    “Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy.... In other countries, the business of laughing is left to the viewers. Here, their laughter is put on the screen, integrated into the show. It is the screen that is laughing and having a good time. You are simply left alone with your consternation.”
    —Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)

    “Rich and rare were the gems she wore,
    And a bright gold ring on her hand she bore.”
    —Thomas Moore (1779–1852)

    “The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.”
    —Frederic Raphael (b. 1931)