2 May 1999 - morals of movies

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 1999 : 2 May 1999

Further Hollywood Analysis of Morality

Precise measurements of box office receipts using the modern vaporware chromatograph/mass appeal spectrometer reveal that audiences demand a happy ending.

MORAL: In the end, the bad guys are only a phantom menace.

clue:

The gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer is a scientific instrument.

give me a clue so sweet and true