"Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime"
- Alfred Hitchcock
About this Quote
This quote by Alfred Hitchcock is a commentary on the absence of creativity and creativity in television. He is suggesting that television is foreseeable and formulaic, with the very same kind of material appearing whenever you turn it on. He is comparing it to an American toaster, which is a device that produces the same outcome whenever you press the button. This quote indicates that tv is not offering audiences with anything new or amazing, and that it is just a tool for supplying the same type of material over and over once again. Hitchcock is suggesting that television is not a source of creativity or development, however rather a tool for offering the very same kind of material in a foreseeable and formulaic way.
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