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To: wagglebee
There is no such thing as "Hollywood values" --- aside from profit-making, that is.

They produce only what we demand and buy.

4 posted on 05/24/2007 6:46:14 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: TopQuark; wagglebee

Hollywood’s degradation is nothing new. “Family values” did not become the norm in Hollywood until after the Hayes Code was passed in 1934, largely due to the efforts of the Catholic Church and the women of the Legion of Decency. Take a look at movies from the 1920’s, nudity is common, lesbianism, homosexuality, divorce, etc. Plenty of “the World, the Flesh and the Devil,” as one Greta Garbo flick was entitled. Granted it was not as visually graphic as today as that was not socially acceptable, but the themes were all there. Only when what was essentially censorship was imposed on Hollywood did the sexual content of movies become less obvious, more hidden in innuendo. I agree Hollywood is basically a bunch of sickos, but they are reflecting society to a large extent, not creating it.


5 posted on 05/24/2007 10:19:47 PM PDT by baa39 (Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.)
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To: TopQuark

I disagree. The most profitable movies are those that are “family friendly”, yet the Tarantinos of the world insist on making violent, anti-family movies.

No, the driving “value” of Hollywood is to promote the leftist agenda of destroying our society so that it can be remade in the leftists’ image.


7 posted on 05/25/2007 6:55:39 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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