You know what the most crowded room is in the Getty Museum? It’s the room with Van Gogh’s Irises. Why? Because someone bought the painting for 54 million dollars. There’s a reverential silence in the Iris room. Mr. and Mrs. Museum-goer might as well be looking at a framed pile of cash. Newspapers publish movie grosses. If a movie earns over a 100 million dollars, we assume it must be good. If a painting or a CD doesn’t sell, throw it out.
