Why Hollywood Uses Politically-Correct Villains: It’s the Economy, Stupid

NewsReal Blog ^ | September 1, 2009 | Chris Yogerst

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Last night’s Red Eye discussed how Hollywood films like to use certain kinds of villains over others. Host Greg Gutfeld has a beef with the new "Rambo," "GI Joe," and Quentin Tarantino’s "Inglourious Basterds."

According to Gutfeld:

“These three films have two things in common. They avoid present real danger in the world and choose villains that are not just safe but politically correct to hate.”

On some level this is true. The film industry, like any other business, generally wants to appeal to the largest audience possible. Picking “safe” enemies is one way to do that. As far as the new "Rambo" film, Stallone is just playing it safe because he must. He does not have much of a career left -- just let it slide, Greg. As for the monumentally crappy "GI Joe," let's not even get into that can of worms.

Gutfeld continues:

“You’d think it would be easy for Quentin Tarantino to find a present-day enemy for the Jews (like, say, a terrorist group that denies the Holocaust and wants to wipe Israel off the map), but maybe none exist!”

With the politics surrounding Hollywood, one thing people have to understand is that not every filmmaker thinks he or she is a politician. They don’t all want to make political statements with their films. Quentin Tarantino is one of those people. All of his films have remained entirely apolitical. His only concern is making a great film rather than making a political statement.

[theFIRMbss]

Terry Gilliam
said Monty Python made fun
of all religions

except one because
those people really go out
and murder people.

[bray]

Not to spoil every film in HomoWood, the White Guy did it.

Pray for the Tea Party XPress

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or a Nazi.

[HarleyD]

I just saw Outbreak with Dustin Hoffman the other day. Has anybody else ever notice how in the movies when a deadly virus strain gets loose its:

1) developed by OUR military made ILLEGALLY to use against baddies;

2) it was accidentally released in OUR atmosphere against OUR citizens through OUR careless labs; and

3) OUR military goes to great lengths to try to cover it up.

Doesn't Hollywood think a more plausible scenario is some terrorist in some rogue country, experimenting in a third world country primitive lab releases a deadly virus that takes out a third of the world's population before America finds an antidote and come to the rescue?

Nah...never happen.

[wally_bert]

Why I don’t watch a lot of movies these days. I get tired of the worn out anti-military, anti-white guy, anti-capitalist mindset. A few months ago, I picked up JMS’s scriptwriting guide and half toyed with some ideas.

[HarleyD]

Morgan Friedman was the person who stood up to the “evil” Donald Sutherland. How did you know? :O)

[bray]

Same thing!

Pray for America

[wally_bert]

Call it a gift for seeing the blatantly obvious. One of my many useless skills.

[lowbridge]

NBC's E Ring: Christian Terroists Take Over Mosque!