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IS HOLLYWOOD NEXT?
Yahoo ^ | 12/28/04 | Maggie Gallagher

Posted on 12/28/2004 3:52:03 PM PST by pissant

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She's more optimistic than I. If the success of Private Ryan, The Patriot, The Passion, and the Incredibles haven't flipped the liberals yet, I think they are a lost cause.
1 posted on 12/28/2004 3:52:04 PM PST by pissant
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A tsunami of conservatism...

I think given this horrible disaster, one of the worst in human history, that her choice of metaphor is not the best.

2 posted on 12/28/2004 3:54:24 PM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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Most great movies can't be reduced to 'liberal' or 'conservative' labels. 'The Incredibles' appeared on lots of 'Best of Year' lists of lots of liberal critics.


3 posted on 12/28/2004 3:55:29 PM PST by Borges
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To: tallhappy

Christian right began to create its own huge counterculture: singers and songwriters

Uhhhh..there has always been religious music and films/tv (remember Davey and Goliath?)


4 posted on 12/28/2004 3:56:47 PM PST by kaktuskid
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To: tallhappy
A tsunami of conservatism...

I think given this horrible disaster, one of the worst in human history, that her choice of metaphor is not the best.

It was more than likely written and taken to press before she could do anything about it.

5 posted on 12/28/2004 4:00:52 PM PST by paltz
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To: kaktuskid

And don't forget the best cartoon ever made quoted directly from scripture: Charlie Brown Christmas.


6 posted on 12/28/2004 4:01:20 PM PST by pissant
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To: Borges

That is quite true. There are a lot of movies that can be construed as having both conservative and liberal viewpoints. Such as:

Independence Day
Air Force One
The Matrix Trilogy

to name a few.


7 posted on 12/28/2004 4:05:21 PM PST by RockinRight (Let's start now-Mark Sanford for President in 2008!)
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unfortunately, the movies you named are all stinkers.


8 posted on 12/28/2004 4:06:19 PM PST by pissant
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To: pissant

Disney — yes, Disney — is a co-sponsor at CPAC this year.


9 posted on 12/28/2004 4:07:14 PM PST by Nick Danger (Want some wood?)
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To: pissant

Well...I don't think the first Matrix was all that bad.


10 posted on 12/28/2004 4:08:14 PM PST by RockinRight (Let's start now-Mark Sanford for President in 2008!)
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To: RockinRight

Actually, it was visually interesting, but I could not figure out what was going on. Were the protaganists the only people that were "alive" while everyone else was in an incubator sack in the hatchery? To what end did it benefit the aliens (or bad guys) to keep all the pod people in a dream that seemed to be normal life?


11 posted on 12/28/2004 4:11:17 PM PST by pissant
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ping


12 posted on 12/28/2004 4:12:06 PM PST by Rytwyng (we're here, we're Huguenots, get used to us)
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To: pissant

'Air Force One' was a very well crafted action film. Implausible and contrived but that sort of thing always is.


13 posted on 12/28/2004 4:12:23 PM PST by Borges
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To: pissant

Hollywood is more politics than art or business.


14 posted on 12/28/2004 4:20:24 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: Borges

Unfortunately, when Heretic Ford started sporting an ear ring, then dumped his wife for the bulemic Ally McBeal, I lost all interest in seeing his mug ever again.


15 posted on 12/28/2004 4:24:55 PM PST by pissant
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In the late '70s and '80s, the Christian right began to create its own huge counterculture: singers and songwriters...[and other artists]

This may have been a mistake. The only people who are influenced by the Christian counterculture, are those who are already persuaded Christians. Also, being isolated from the larger competitive environment seems to have allowed a distinct *lack of quality* to persist in the Christian music industry for many years, though this has at last begun to change.

On the other hand, perhaps in the beginning, the Christians could not get their foot in the door no matter how good they were, and had no choice but to create a parallel system until they got big enough (and good enough) to start crossing over. Maybe an industry insider on this board can answer this question?

16 posted on 12/28/2004 4:26:18 PM PST by Rytwyng (we're here, we're Huguenots, get used to us)
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To: pissant

If earrings and marital troubles are your cut-off points you must not consume much modern culture at all! And what do you mean heretic?


17 posted on 12/28/2004 4:27:14 PM PST by Borges
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To: pissant

Hollywood is part of the larger picture of the undermining of the Constitutional Republic in their assistance to the National Socialist Democrats, The Homosexual Movement and Mainstream Media to massage us into the feminzation of the American Male and assist us down the path toward Socialism!

The election of 2000 and the Election of George W. Bush smashed their schedule, threw them all into a tizzy!! They were on a roll, remember?!! Then 9/11 happened and exposed their treachery! I've always believed that things happen for a reason. 9/11 happened for a reason also. Those people did not die in vain! They opened our eyes to what was really going on in this country and the unholy path we were being led down by the Socialist and their supporters.

We cannot turn our backs now, we have seen what is going on and we have reelected a President that, for the most part has done an EXCELLENT job. I'm sure that we all have our points of difference with his policies, but we did not elect a TRAITOR!!

It's time now to step up and take back our schools and reverse the Socialist, Homosexual and MSM movement. I sure it's already been suggested to boycott the companies that advertise on the MSM, but I think that it must be done and we must skip over the MSM channels and do them in. They will not report on the War in Iraq fairly and give us the whole picture. They have even committed FRAUD right in front of our eyes. They have no shame!


18 posted on 12/28/2004 4:28:35 PM PST by 26lemoncharlie (Defending America)
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To: pissant

This is a great article.
I've been saying for years that Conservatives CANNOT let Hollywood go. If we didn't have the alternative media, Dubya would not have won this last election.
Think about how much traction conservatism will be once we have a dozen "Passions" and "Michael Moore Hates America." Our movement will be unstoppable.


19 posted on 12/28/2004 4:29:36 PM PST by mowkeka
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The old Hollywood formula for success -- make a movie that breaks a taboo -- is hard to follow in an era in which there aren't any taboos left, or at least not ones for which a mass market exists.

Incorrect, the huge taboo remaining to be broken is political correctness.

How about a real adaptation of Starship Troopers? or a Historical military epic about the defense of Europe against the Islamic tide of the middle ages.

20 posted on 12/28/2004 4:32:04 PM PST by rmmcdaniell
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