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HOLLYWOOD DOES IT AGAIN
The American Partisan ^ | 3 February 1976 | Jennfier King (aka TheRightStuff)

Posted on 02/02/2006 8:23:41 PM PST by MrBallroom

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In Memory of the Fallen (9-11-2001)Hollywood Does It Again
by Jennifer King, Managing Editor

February 3, 2006

"The Heretical Housewife"

Managing Editor Jennifer KingLiberals have become so predictable, it’s almost boring prognosticating what they’ll do next. Anything to poke a stick in the eye of the unlettered bourgeoisie. All efforts must be aimed at insulting plebian Red America.

Thus, at the “Golden Globe” awards, the alleged precursor to the Oscars, the winners included a plethora of tediously tendentious offerings. Brokeback Mountain, a movie about gay sheepherders whose illicit lust destroys both of their heterosexual marriages, won for best drama, best director, best original song (which some wag dubbed, “Homos on the Range”) and best screenplay. Actress Felicity Huffman won best actress for her portrayal of a transsexual man undergoing a sex change operation. Actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman won best actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote, a gay man who deeply involved himself with notorious drifters who had murdered an entire family in Kansas. Rachel Weisz won best supporting actress for her work in The Constant Gardener, a LeCarre take on the evils of Big Pharmaceutical. George Clooney’s film, Syriana, was a conspiratorial take on Iraq and Big Oil. Tiresome.

The film industry is in precipitous decline, even in “Old Europe” which should be anxious to depart with their Euros for the chance to see their version of America vindicated. In Germany, home of Mohammed Atta, movie going has seen a 20.6% decline. In Spain, it is 15%. In France, 10%. In the United States, only 9% of the population goes regularly to the movies. In the 1940s, that number was 60%.

The industry studiously avoids examples of good films which make serious money. C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, the Lord of the Rings series and The Passion of the Christ should have shown Hollywood that movies with a good moral message (and underlying Christian themes) would do well in theatres. Nevertheless, the industry continues to bleed away dollars trying to sell Americans on the triad of white liberal guilt, corporate corruption and the evils of religion.

The parallels with the news media are inescapable. As The New York Times, the Orlando Sentinel, and other papers continue to shrink in volume and ad copy, one would assume that they would examine their bottom line and perhaps adjust their journalists accordingly. Nay, they grow increasingly shrill, thrashing about like a dinosaur caught in the tar pits.

Their anger propels them to new heights of absurdity - available everyday on the web pages of fevered leftwingers, weekly in the editorial pages of the increasingly marginalized papers and monthly in the new releases from Hollywood.

Eventually, the bean counters should have their day. We can all anticipate it with joy. ***

© 2006 Jennifer King

COPYRIGHT © 2006 BY THE AMERICAN PARTISAN
All writers retain rights to their work.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: agendas; brokeback; films; goldenglobes; hollyweird; hollywood; hollywoodleftists; hollywoodsewerpipe; homosexuality; liberalism; liberals; media; mountain; oscars
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To: JoeSixPack1

LOL, typical troll, join to lecture about whining, while whining.


61 posted on 02/02/2006 9:31:32 PM PST by roses of sharon ("I would rather men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one". ) (Cato the Elder)
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To: Haemo

"Please, I know far too well that people will try and play caricatures of conservatives to gain points on whatever DU ripoff site they frequent."

Been observant then.

" I don't feel any need to defend my conservativism to anyone, and I take it as personal insult when people question it because I happen to disagree with another conservative."

Then you will feel mightily insulted here on FR often.


62 posted on 02/02/2006 9:32:44 PM PST by Darksheare (Aim low! They got knees!)
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To: Zeroisanumber

NCIS is about the only network show that I watch with regularity. I think the writing isn't bad and the stories are interesting.


63 posted on 02/02/2006 9:33:37 PM PST by namsman
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To: MrBallroom

Stupid movies, high cost of tickets, high costs of popcorn and $5 soft drinks.

And still 9% go see movies?

Either this economy is doing very well or some people just dont have cable!


64 posted on 02/02/2006 9:34:57 PM PST by truemiester (If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
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To: Haemo
"From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli..."

Both of which took place prior to 1775.

Negative.

The "Halls of Montezuma" is a reference to the Mexican War, 1845, (70 years after 1775).

"The Shores of Tripoli" is a reference to the Barbary Pirate campaign, 1805, 30 years post-1775.

And I ain't even a Marine.

65 posted on 02/02/2006 9:36:08 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Darksheare
Coy? :-)


66 posted on 02/02/2006 9:36:17 PM PST by JoeSixPack1
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To: JoeSixPack1

Another way of saying "Giant Freaking Goldfish".
;-)


67 posted on 02/02/2006 9:36:52 PM PST by Darksheare (Aim low! They got knees!)
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To: MrBallroom
...Brokeback Mountain, a movie about gay sheepherders...

LMAO! I had no idea they were sheepherders. A little irony there whether intended or not.

68 posted on 02/02/2006 9:37:50 PM PST by Fruitbat
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To: MrBallroom
I think Hollywood needs to replace their CEO's and find some good wholesome capitalist...someone who knows how to make money and entertain us again. Americans would be happy to go again if there was anything intelligent to see. It's all vulgar, boring and preachy...*yawn*

Surely they see they are losing money, and don't call me Shirley.

69 posted on 02/02/2006 9:38:48 PM PST by SpookBrat
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To: JoeSixPack1
The original article was absolutely nothing like what I've been advocating - the only points we share are that:

1) Hollywood is at odds with the majority of America

2) Box office returns have been steadily falling because of this

Her argument was some vague combination of futile rage against "liberals" who control Hollywood, and a sizeable dose of what was essentially whining about more mainstream views not getting mentioned.

Compare that to my position, which places the blame only in part on the liberal concensus which governs Hollywood - but more importantly, where the money lies. Hollywood's liberalism doesn't magically create money out of box office flops, as she somehow ignores - it gets money from backers who appreciate its product, even if the majority of movie-goers do not.

More importantly, I presented a solution to the problem, as opposed to simply griping about it - and one which has been proven to work in formerly liberal-only world of major media.

Save your flip-flops for Mr Kerry's inevitable run for the democrat nomination.

70 posted on 02/02/2006 9:39:58 PM PST by Haemo
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To: hsalaw
Maybe there IS something to Wyoming being the land where men are men and sheep are scared!! Hmm?!?
71 posted on 02/02/2006 9:40:56 PM PST by MrBallroom (US MARINES: Preserving freedoms of great Americans like you and ungrateful MSM whores since 1775!)
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To: Haemo

Welcome to FR. The kitties are coming to greet you.


72 posted on 02/02/2006 9:42:10 PM PST by I'm ALL Right!
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To: JoeSixPack1

Makes you wonder what else he flips...

73 posted on 02/02/2006 9:44:06 PM PST by MrBallroom (US MARINES: Preserving freedoms of great Americans like you and ungrateful MSM whores since 1775!)
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To: DuncanWaring

I'll admit when I'm wrong - I knew those dates, but it didn't parse that they were post-1775. In any case, the USMC was in operation prior to 1775, though not under the USMC (at the time, Continental Marines) banner; the official recognition and formation into a coherant and centrally directed fighting force took place after many had already been fighting under different banners but performing similar missions.


74 posted on 02/02/2006 9:44:51 PM PST by Haemo
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To: Haemo
1) Hollywood is at odds with the majority of America

2) Box office returns have been steadily falling because of this

End of story. The rest is entertainment. Keep 'em coming. :-)

75 posted on 02/02/2006 9:48:43 PM PST by JoeSixPack1
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To: MrBallroom
Rachel Weisz won best supporting actress for her work in The Constant Gardener, a LeCarre take on the evils of Big Pharmaceutical

And this is a bad thing? (not the actress, the subject of the movie)

76 posted on 02/02/2006 9:49:04 PM PST by Gabz
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To: MrBallroom

So freepers with a different view than yours constitutes "mean-spirited"?


77 posted on 02/02/2006 9:53:23 PM PST by Windsong (Jesus Saves, but Buddha makes incremental backups)
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To: JoeSixPack1
End of story? But then how do you explain how they have been able to keep making movies? Why do you ignore all of the monied interests at play in Hollywood? Moreover, why is Hollywood at odds with America? They didn't used to be - Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood actor, after all.

The "end" of your story leaves some of the most important questions unanswered.

78 posted on 02/02/2006 9:53:23 PM PST by Haemo
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To: Haemo
You have quite an effete know-it-all writing style to pass as a conservative. I'm guessing that your not.

You can always tell a lefty....

But you can't tell them much...

79 posted on 02/02/2006 9:56:00 PM PST by skikvt (7th Division, Buffaloes)
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To: MrBallroom
Maybe there IS something to Wyoming being the land where men are men and sheep are scared!!

I sure hope not. Dick Cheney is my hero and I'd like to think that's what Wyoming men are really like.

80 posted on 02/02/2006 9:57:39 PM PST by hsalaw
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