“Broadcast News” is a cinematic anachronism — an accessible treatise on personal and professional standards. The scene where a jealous Albert Brooks attempts to dissuade Holly Hunter from compromising is a standout:
What do you think the Devil is going to look like if he’s around? Nobody is going to be taken in if he has a long, red, pointy tail. No. I’m semi-serious here. He will look attractive and he will be nice and helpful and he will get a job where he influences a great God-fearing nation and he will never do an evil thing… he will just bit by little bit lower standards where they are important. Just coax along flash over substance… Just a tiny bit. And he will talk about all of us really being salesmen. And he’ll get all the great women.
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