Wendy of NJ wrote:
> If they changed the studio execs contracts to state that they don't
> get their salaries until their products show a profit, the accounting
> practices would change VERY quickly.

Query: Are the studios publicly traded? (If only Dodge v. Ford could be 
employed for niceness instead of evil.)

-- 
John W. Kennedy
"There are those who argue that everything breaks even in this old dump 
of a world of ours. I suppose these ginks who argue that way hold that 
because the rich man gets ice in the summer and the poor man gets it in 
the winter things are breaking even for both. Maybe so, but I'll swear I 
can't see it that way."
   -- The last words of Bat Masterson
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