Hollywood 0.0

At one point in my life, I wanted to be a screenwriter, so I find it funny that I’m happy the Summerlin Studios didn’t pass the recent legislative session. It was discovered that the proposed tax credits Sony and Warner Brothers would not be able to be recovered. One of the great things about Nevada is most of the people who run things truly care about the state, and not just their interests. You think that sounds funny? It’s even funnier to write.

But it’s true.

There was a lot of talk about how great it would be to have film studios here. Yes, it sounds great until you think about the reality.

Vegas is a hospitality town. Hollywood is a me town.

Whether they want to admit it or not, locals look after each other. Every one of us is willing to help our neighbor even if we don’t know them. We take care of each other as well as we take care of tourists. We are one big extended family. We suffer through extreme heat, flash flooding, and wild high winds. Should something happen to anyone, we’re out there trying to figure out how we can help.

Hollywood is about egos and destruction. The mantra “What Have You Done For Me Lately” is perfect. Hollywood is known for chewing people up and spitting them out without hesitation. I could go on and on about how terrible it can be.

So, what would happen if the two were to actually meet?

Summerlin’s arrogance would be able to be seen from the space station.

Can you imagine all the fancy cars radiating attitude? Traffic in Hollywood is horrendous, and they’re surrounded by a few freeways. Summerlin has one. The 215. I’m not counting the Summerlin Parkway.

As it stands Summerlin is a little too hoity toity for me, but it’s still accessible. The “Summerliners” don’t bother me because they’re still very nice people. I could be wrong, but I think the influx of Hollywood types would ruin Summerlin as a whole.

Do you know who I am?

Do you know who my dad is?

Are you in the industry?

Ugh.

Don’t forget all the traffic it would bring as well. A lot of fancy cars sitting in congestion is exactly what every local wants. We already sit in ridiculous traffic on the 15 and 95. Why not on Sahara, and Flamingo, and so on? Sounds great, especially when it’s 440 degrees outside.

Actually, I take that back. I’d like to see the convertibles sitting in traffic.

In the end, for every positive thing Hollywood 2.0 would bring, I could think of three negative things.

But who wants to read about that.

Let’s just make our Las Vegas lives easier. Hollywood should stay in Hollywood.