Posted on 01/25/2006 7:20:02 PM PST by Logic Times
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Hollywood needs a King Canute. This legendary Viking warrior who came to rule over England, Denmark and Norway a millennia ago knew the limits of power.
"Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings."
When courtiers flattered him, exclaiming that his power was limitless, he had them remove his throne to the seashore to teach them a lesson in real power. There he sat down and commanded the tide to come no further, demonstrating how small was the power of men.
Like Canute's courtiers, Hollywood is delusional. Unlike Canute's court, no wise king governs that realm, ready to reign in the delusions of today's courtiers, a band of psuedo-intellectual high school dropouts with apparently massive multimedia power. The psychiatric definition of delusion is:
"A false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality that is firmly sustained despite what almost everyone else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary."
What better describes Hollywood's belief that their cultural opinions are leading edge?
Seven great works of "cultural significance" have been offered up to the movie-going public this Oscar year…
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