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Tal,

You raise one of the paradoxes that I've tried to figure out for years, and that is, the Michael Medved "school" says that Hollywood can make money by appealing to "G" audiences, but that for political reasons, it won't; but others in Hollywood argue that they have to at least have a "PG" rating to ensure success with teens. Which do you think it is?

Obviously they have a political agenda. But do they just finance movies so they can subsidize their politics, or are they so blind that they really think their politics are the "majority?"

I submit that the latest crop of CGI/"animation" children's movies is a clear example of how they simply have run out of plots, because they exclude 2/3 of the plot lines available to them out of political bias. Rather than film live actors and develop real stories, they think they can generate some cute penguins and have them fart and that it will suffice for a "childrens'" or "G"-rated pic.

BTW, I LOVE "Star Wars." I am a "Star-Wars" nut. But while I liked Episode I, and loved Episode II, despite the critics' raves, I thought III had some of the WORST writing ever, morphed Annakin's character into pure evil way too fast; and took shortcuts with the plot at every turn.

"Obviously they have a political agenda. But do they just finance movies so they can subsidize their politics, or are they so blind that they really think their politics are the "majority?"

I read an essay a few years back that theorized that the reason was that the big names weren't really making movies to make money. People like Woody Allen already have enough money. What they want is the acclaim of their peers.

"...but others in Hollywood argue that they have to at least have a "PG" rating to ensure success with teens. Which do you think it is?"'

That's their problem as I described it above: They DON'T KNOW that the rating, G or XXX, DOESN'T MATTER! It's the Tale and the Telling of it!

"""Obviously they have a political agenda. But do they just finance movies so they can subsidize their politics, or are they so blind that they really think their politics are the "majority?""""

They are 'religious fanatics', they are self deluded. They see themselves as the speakers of Truth. THAT not anything else is the first NECCESSARY step on to the road of Evil. They can't learn because first they would have to be 'wrong'. They, as you have noticed, are NEVER wrong--no matter how much their applied knowledge fails.