"Tonight, I think fatigue caught up to us a little bit, but I'm not going to blame it on that, " Sanders said.

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Mr. FIELDS: Well, you know, I'm not going to get into a blame game here, because I don't think that's productive for anybody at Ford Motor Company.

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If there's a star to blame here (and, to be clear, I'm not sure there is I'd bet the amateur look and sound of the movie is what kept audiences away), it's lead actress Julianne Hough, whose first three music-and-dance features since leaving "Dancing with the Stars" have all been relative box office disappointments.

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We can argue all we want about who's to blame for this, but I'm not interested in re-litigating the past.

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And what I'm not open to is a decision to stay on the sidelines and then assign blame.

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