Philip Roth once contrasted, slightly enviously, the American writer, who can say anything he wishes but is usually ignored, with his Eastern Bloc counterpart, who, since nothing is permitted to him, receives respectful attention for everything he writes.
It wants you to believe it deserves more attention for pretending everything about the world isn't just a mess governed by math.
One marketing director of a top 20 UK advertiser believes that with such intense competition for eyeballs, and attention, from everything from Netflix and YouTube to games consoles and apps, the pre-eminence of TV advertising is no longer a given.
As the time between intimacies grows increasingly long, you begin to scavenge for attention, doing everything you can to spark more interest from your mate, but they seem to have other priorities, least of which is you.
It would mean more money for the owners, more "marketable content" for the media to broadcast, more attention for the stars — more everything.
"Like, 'Oh, God, not another one,' but also like, 'Oh, God, what if it's another "Lion King" '?" Indeed, beyond its knack for gobbling up audiences, Disney has presented many old-time Broadway producers with tough new competition for everything from press attention to Tony Awards to theaters themselves.
The kidnappers told us to pay attention so that we would see that they had paid for everything.
Sometimes one welcomes an excuse for not having to pay attention to everything.
That's an unfair summary of… Sometimes one welcomes an excuse for not having to pay attention to everything.
Gaming is our cultural bogeyman – we blame it for everything from child obesity to violence to short attention spans.
"The media attention for the players and fans and everything that goes with such a big cup tie against a team that is so bang in form.
