Posted on 01/21/2011 5:42:44 AM PST by chickadee
The point of both my pieces seems crystal clear, narrow in their scope, and even a little repetitive. But let me repeat it again…
Hollywood has spent the last two decades hammering and insulting Middle America, Christians, and conservatives. Worse, they do it with sucker punches that insultingly come out of nowhere in what’s advertised as apolitical entertainment. Furthermore, this is an industry that prides itself on pushing the “edgy” envelope at every opportunity right in our face and when we least expect it. Sunday night, Hollywood got a taste of their own medicine and proved they couldn’t take it. It was revealing and it was deserved. Bravo, Ricky.
(Excerpt) Read more at bighollywood.breitbart.com ...
Anyway, I would love for someone to argue my actual point, because (he said modestly) I think it’s an interesting one and anyone who’s not like Hollywood knows of what I speak. Whether it’s an awards show or a movie or a television program or a novel or a magazine… "If it comes out of Hollywood, we who believe in God, don’t hate Sarah Palin, love our country and knowGood for Nolte in responding. The "media" is pretending not to get the point - and Nolte's point is a good one.Global Cooling Global WarmingClimate Change is a lie, are constantly being caught off guard and having our experience marred or outright ruined with cheap, unexpected political and social insults."
Truly is and I’m glad he didn’t let the leftist media pundits studiously ignore the obvious and change the subject.
I personally got an example of that just last night. I don’t watch CBS as a rule (even NCIS, which has gone waaayy soft lately), but I do pick up on certain series later via NetFlix. One I’m catching up with is ‘Pushing Daisies’ where the “hero” is a pie-maker whose touch can resurrect the dead. The show is by Bryan Fuller, who did ‘Dead Like Me’ and Barry Sonnenfeld (do I have to cite?) and stars Lee Pace (’Wonderfalls’) and Anna Friel (’Midsummer Night’s Dream’). It is tremendously quirky as anything by Fuller would be and 99% snark-free, but one of the episodes I saw last night from late in the first season had three unprovoked slurs for conservatives in it. That basically ruined that episode and is just what Nolte is talking about because none of the three was necessary, improved the scene or added to the milieu. They just sat there as the steaming piles they were.
Interestingly, no further snarks occurred in the next three episodes.
Why should he be sorry? He spoke the truth.
And Robert Downey Jr. IS better-known for his extended stays at the Betty ford Clinic and LA County Jail!
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I’m one of those who felt truly sorry for the presenters who were being sucker punched by Gervais as they were being introduced, but this article by Nolte gives me perspective.
How does it feel, H-wood, how does it feel?
Pushing Daisies pleasantly surprised me and as a rule liked it very much during the short network run. My favorite episode is “The Norwegians”. The soundtrack CD is available too.
NCIS doesn’t do much for me any more either. The first few seasons were best. After so many years and changes, this was bound to happen.
I know what you mean.....in late 2008 or 2009, I was watching the show “Supernatural,” and one of the main characters referred to Joe the Plumber as a “douce-bag.”
Even on “Glee,” the cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester once made a comment about Sarah Palin. Referring to one of her present day cheerleaders, the coach said, “I haven’t had a cheerleader this dumb since I coached Sarah Palin,” or something like that. Sarah Palin was a basketball player in high school....the “Barracuda”.....she was never a cheerleader.
Where can I find a summary of Ricky Gervais punchlines, since I’m part of the 1% of America who didn’t watch the Golden Globes.
I didn’t feel the least bit sorry for them. They sucker punch conservatives ALL THE TIME! They go around insulting people who are much better informed than they are.
Frankly I don’t give a hoot about any of this. Actors in particular are non-entities to me. Comedians barely register on my awareness meter. Haven’t been to a movie theater or watched a movie on tv in a couple of decades.
Truth be told; Ricky Gervais is a fantastic observer of character and personality traits.
I am a huge fan of ‘The Office’ and every single character depicts people we can immediately identify from our own working experiences(even ourselves).
Michael Scott is perfection and Steve Carrel does a masterful job - down to body language and facial expression.
Would love to have access to the Brit version starring Ricky in the part of office manager. Art imitating life.
My husband LOVES the office. It is the only network TV program he watches.
And yet all these good, conservative, Christian Middle Americans keep going right back to the trough and buying more of Hollywood's products. And they do so because Hollywood markets a few "good, family friendly" movies that conservatives stupidly pay to see, thus allowing Hollywood to make a bundle and cover up for the losses made on the bad movies - allowing it to keep afloat and keep attacking us. All made possible by the same crew of people who claim to be offended by the garbage Hollywood churns out.
If people were REALLY serious about punishing Hollywood, you wouldn't go see its movies AT ALL. Not even the cute, "family-friendly" ones that your kids are clammering to see. If you feed one head of the hydra, you feed the whole hydra - remember that.
Oh!
He was a bit nasty with them!
Love to see Hollywood get a taste of their own medicine!
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That’s not really the point of this article. The point is that the leftists who produce the TV shows and films (supposedly non-political venues) use them to smear conservatives and conservatism.
Gervais seems like a hard-working person, very serious about comedy, who isn't trying to fit in with the "cool crowd". And this is something which I am surprised we don't see more of. Some years ago, Tom Hanks said something (I think it was against Clinton) and came out a few days later and groveled and apologized. I couldn't believe it. Tom Hanks is rich, powerful, successful, and old enough that he has nothing to prove, no future worries, and has an assured place in future discussion of late 20th century film making. BUT Hanks cowardly felt the need to apologize so that he could still sit at the cool kids table in the cafeteria. Unbelievable.
Gervais doesn't play that game at all, and I do admire him for that.
(like i am)
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