Hortense Powdermaker Quotes

In Hollywood, primitive magical thinking exists side by side with the most advanced technology.

South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, 'kiss-kiss' and 'bang-bang.

All entertainment is education in some way, many times more effective than schools because of the appeal to the emotions rather than to the intellect.

Hollywood provides ready-made fantasies or daydreams; the problem is whether these are productive or nonproductive, whether the audience is psychologically enriched or impoverished.

Only a small percentage of novelists, painters, musicians, scientists, anywhere in the world, are talented. But there are many more in Hollywood than one would expect from looking movies.