“They were always liberal, often communist, but generally managed at least to be subtle enough about it to make a buck.”
Your comment reminds me of one of my favorite old movies—”Seconds”, an old black and white movie which starred Rock Hudson.
The movie was designed to be Commie propaganda—but it was subtle and clever—even brilliant.
The average viewer would not be see anything political in the movie—it was all done with stunning photography and writing and directing—no preaching at all.
It was a true work of art—preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqJZE-AY9uQ
(spoiler alerts)
The Commie propaganda concept was that the “corporate machine” viewed humans as “meat” to be consumed—the film used images of meat trucks and the evil man greedily consuming chicken while recruiting Rock Hudson to deliver the message.
#64 If you watch PBS shows they will have books on the shelf behind the commenter about Cuba while they talk about something else.