a new blacklist

[joanna bujes]

At 07:45 PM 03/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>First of all, it's highly unlikely that someone like Penn would have spoken
>anyway, given his contempt for Hollywood. But "McCarthyism"? That's a slap
>in the face to those whose careers were destroyed (or had to assume
>different identities) in the 50s. Insisting that presenters stick to the
>script, and that they'll be cut-off if they don't, is nothing new. The
>Oscars do this every year to keep the broadcast around 3 hours.

These things take time. We're looking at the thin end of the wedge here. 
Just because people aren't going to jail or having their contracts 
cancelled now, doesn't mean that it won't happen down the road.

Joanna