I actually saw this movie, and I highly recommend it.
Posted on 02/28/2011 12:44:03 AM PST by thecodont
As one essayist wrote not long ago, it's become an article of faith in Conservative America that Hollywood is a “collection of hopeless la-la-land liberals — or worse, an elitist gaggle of heartland-bashing snobs.” Conservatives have routinely ridiculed Oscar movies for attacking the military (“Avatar”), promoting homosexuality (“Milk” and “Brokeback Mountain”) and depicting corporate executives as evil villains (“The Constant Gardener” and “Syriana”).
So it must've been quite a shock to watch all the la-la-liberals at the Oscars Sunday night honoring their elders and celebrating tradition on a show where the first clip of the night was from “Gone With the Wind” and the two guys who may have had the most screen time were Kirk Douglas and Bob Hope. Outside of a couple of lesbian jokes and one tiny barb directed at Wall Street from documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson, the awards were drearily free of controversy, outrage or anything remotely resembling lefty sanctimony.
On the other hand, the Academy Awards were true to the spirit of this past year's movies. As this year's show demonstrated, Hollywood isn't so easily stereotyped. It may be a town full of liberals, but when it comes to its most prestigious awards show, the most exalted statuettes went to films that espouse conservative values. “The King's Speech,” which won four Oscars, including the climactic one for best picture, is a profoundly conservative film, paying tribute to King George VI, an aristocratic English monarch who, humbled by a humiliating stutter, develops a deep friendship with a commoner, his speech therapist.
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I didn’t watch the Oscars. I didn’t see this movie—from the commercials and what I read, it looked like a completely formulaic piece of garbage that was being heavily hyped in a PR blitz. Then I read Hitches’ article in Slate on how it whitewashed history so I don’t intend on watching it. Movies in 2010 were horrible—hopefully a sign that Hollywood is in decline. The fact that this nonsense is the “best” of the year is proof.
I actually saw this movie, and I highly recommend it.
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Gee, I always thought “The Kings Speech” was Obama’s speech in Denver w/reverberation and columns etc.
Gee, I always thought “The Kings Speech” was Obama’s speech in Denver w/reverberation and columns etc.
If you actually go to the movies like I do, 'The King's Speech' was a joy to watch. They don't make movies like this anymore. Plus, it's not a documentary. It's a movie.
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“Therefore we at the LA Slimes must conclude:
An absence of liberal values must mean the movie was conservative”
Absolutely....some what cynical but true! LOL!
Husband watched some of “Restropo” awhile back - good stuff - what came to mind was what would conditions be like now with openly “gay” soldiers added to the mix...something to think about...and I don’t believe for a minute it wouldn’t make a difference!
“Not for a moment did I think of it as an example of conservative values.”
LeftyWood was not celebrating conservative values.
It was all about “Finding Your Voice” and
trying desperately to find one more minority to celebrate-
stutterererererererers.
Well then, I will definitely check it out.
Those were times we can't imagine.
I suggest the film stirred something--
[There is a turning beneath the surface. ..a desire to turn and face the threat.]
There is indeed. A turning and a churning.
I always like your expressive words.
I heard about two minutes of the Oscars last night. And what I heard was some leftwinger thanking his *union* production crew for their contribution to his film, obviously in response to the goings-on in Wisconsin. And then I read today that he gave a backstage sermonette to reporters about the wonderfulness of unions. So, yes, there was lefty sanctimony last night.
Bravo! What a great post!
We are finally turning back to sanity. I’ve been worried for this country since Carter. But, just look at the turn we had with Reagan.
Every once in a while, we need a jolt to get us back on track.
You're right...
I have not yet seen it but plan to. I grew up with a stammering problem and was teased and made fun of from elementary school through college when my sister suggested that I seek out a speech therapist to correct the problem. Took about a year but I got the problem mostly corrected. It will be difficult/interesting to see him go through this on film.
The article portrays the relationship of the King to the speech therapist (commoner) as evidence of “conservative values” which seems ridiculous. If anything the rising above your personal challenges without “parading” them and “demanding” they be accepted by everyone and suing someone if they don’t accept them is more “conservative” than the relationship.
Can it honestly be said that Hollywood would not suck up to any kind of theme that improves the box office numbers?
To call this some kind of “triumph of conservative values” is utter bullshit.
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