Ironically, we are facing Ford's churlishness because we're helping him publicize his upcoming movie. Here's how the Hollywood publicity machine works: A star makes a movie. Then he or she embarks on a tour to promote it, which means talking to the press. This is why people like Ford and Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt appear on "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Stars don't appear on these shows for fun; they go because they want people to see their upcoming films. After all, the bigger the audience, the bigger the paycheck. And so, essentially, we are helping Ford get richer while he slowly reduces us to the size of tsetse flies.
(Link via Romenesko.)
