Sticks nothing hick pix
Sticks nix hick pix is a famous - probably even the most famous - headline in the American trade journal Variety from July 17, 1935. These are terms used in American colloquial language : “stick” refers to the deepest province, “nix” is used as in German , a "hick" is a backwoodsman, a peasant trampling, "pix" means "(moving) pictures", ie films. The translation of the whole line is something like "The province rejects village idiot films". What was meant was that Hollywood films are badly received by people in rural areas because they are often portrayed as simple-minded (see stereotype ).
The headline became famous as James Cagney them in the role of the 1942 Broadway -Komponisten, playwright, producer, actor and entertainer George M. Cohan in Michael Curtiz ' Musical - biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy reads children and explained. However, it was for the film is not the original edition of Variety used, but in order to resemble the original movie prop , which is why the headline in the film Stix nix hix flix! reads, which leads to incorrect quotations to this day.
Web links
- Original article ( Memento from February 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1935 exhibitor perspective 'Sticks' in memory at variety.com, accessed on June 14, 2016
- ↑ Business People: Family to Stay On After Variety Sale at nytimes.com, accessed June 14, 2016