reaction to The Critical Eye

Yeah, I don't really know what to say about this text. It was fairly straightforward this is this and that is that, almost didactic.
The things that I didn't have a clear idea about, distribution, funding, marketing, I still don't have a clear idea about. I liked the history section, The American Industry. It was interesting to better understand how intricate Hollywood is linked to our societal image.
I think that, since we are critical readers, we approach everything in our lives critically. It's a curse really. Sometimes, I'd just like to watch bad tv without noticing the predjudices present or how men and are portrayed or how whole groups of people are missing from the mainstream picture. Because we are critical readers, I think that most of what the editors/writers pointed out were things I already acknowledged. There were a few interesting facts by and by. I didn't know there was a sort of transgendered acceptance within some Native American tribes that had been portrayed in a movie, especially during the era it was produced. The section on editing highlighted things I knew, but had never consciously or seriously considered. I liked how the editors/writers consistently paralleled moviemaking and writing. I saw that myself within the descriptions of the craft. If anything, the book helped me to put together a whole picture of American moviemaking.
Hopefully, you guys will have a bit more indepth analysis of the book.
later, pardners