Opinion: Isn’t this how the dinosaurs became extinct?

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Here’s a brief exchange I had today with a friend of mine who has a startup company doing event services for the studios (among others). She was doing a little friendly bellyaching about how busy she’s been with the Oscars, Golden Globes and other big self-love-fests coming up. I had figured everybody must be looking to pinch their pennies, what with the tough economy, the strike and so on. Apparently not...