MPAA Chief Christopher Dodd: Hollywood Is 'Terrible' at Marketing Itself
3:20 PM PDT 3/29/2011 by Pamela McClintock
The studios' newly installed top lobbyist tells THR "there is a total misunderstanding on Capitol Hill" that the film industry is nothing but "red carpets and tuxedoes."
LAS VEGAS -- Christopher Dodd doesn't mince words. At CinemaCon on Tuesday, the new MPAA chairman and CEO said Hollywood is great at selling movies but awful at marketing itself.
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