Above is a commercial for new Dixie Chicks documentary, Shut Up And Sing, which the Weinstein Company is previewing this Saturday night. Maybe you were interested in going to see it, or maybe you were planning on going out for a Halloween party that night dressed like Suri Cruise, because that’s really funny. Either way, you won’t be seeing any Shut Up ads on NBC:
[Harvey] Weinstein said NBC wrote that the network “cannot accept these spots as they are disparaging to President Bush.” The CW also rejected the ads, Weinstein said, saying in a letter that it did “not have the appropriate programming in which to schedule this spot”…
“It’s a sad commentary about the level of fear in our society that a movie about a group of courageous entertainers who were blacklisted for exercising their right of free speech is now itself being blacklisted by corporate America,” he said.
That last quote is typical Harveyehment bluster, one that’s even more eye-roll-inducing when the CW counters that Weinstein never actually attempted to buy the ads. But could NBC really be this wussed-out? After all, Sing is a documentary about a legitimate news event–one that NBC’s own programs no doubt covered (and promoted) extensively. We knew everyone gets the pre-election money-clip jitters these days, but come on, NBC! Strap on a pair. After combining the Killers with Dane Cook on SNL a few weeks ago, it’s the least you could do.
Band’s film ads hit sour note [L.A. Times]
yeah, so, i like the dixie chicks, but they’re starting to beg the point a little now. i know they took a lot of shit, but their martyrdrom is starting to feel suspiciously manufactured.
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“Conspiracy” against the Dixie Chicks? Sweet merciful Jehosephat. Spare me – the lead singer insulted the political beliefs of the band’s entire fanbase. And the backlash has been what exactly? Oh right, they’re still filthy rich.
The trailer for the movie is brutal. It does seem very manufactured. Natalie Maines has always seemed arrogant and she had very little to do with the writing of their latest release. Most of their last album was written by Dan Wilson(Semisonic) and the Louris brothers(Jayhawks, Golden Smog). How personal can it be when you didn’t even write the songs? Just giving more material for those Fox Network idiots to obsess on.
The trailer plays up all the political stuff, but the movie is more about the writing of the new record, cutting back and forth between 2005 and 2003. And it’s not true that she had “very little to do” with the writing of the record. You think Dan Wilson came up with the lines about Natalie being hated?
“And the backlash has been what exactly?”
Hmm…death threats, public CD burnings, radio conglomerates refusing to play their music…
This is all so boring — that this crap is still happening, and that there are people questioning the band’s artistic validity.
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