[Perdogg]

I do not know whether it is true, but I heard on BOR that both Downing and Burnett are a bunch liberal obamatrons.

[Colonel_Flagg]

This writer doesn’t know what he wants.

On the one hand, Hollywood people aren’t so bad. On the other hand, they blacklist conservatives and religious people.

On the third hand, those blacklisted people are supposed to ‘get involved’ as financiers.

On the fourth hand, even though money evidently isn’t the issue when pretty girls are to be found, all studios need to profit to stay in business.

Make up your mind and get back to us.

[driftless2]

I like Klavan, but how do we demand what we want? Should we put an ad in the paper demanding Hollyweird execs make movies we want? How far will that go? During the Iraq war, every single movie made about the war was either anti-Iraq war or non-confrontational. There was not one single movie that championed the war. Or even a movie that depicted a battle. For instance, a movie about the Marines taking Fallujah would have scored big at the box office. It was never made. Probably never considered.

There's lots of other conservative -themed topics that will never be made. "Passion.." was made because Mel Gibson made it happen. I won't hold my breath waiting for another conservative-themed flick to come out.

[Cicero]

Not so easy for Christians or conservatives to “get involved.”

If they reveal what they really believe, they’ll be shown the door, or put to work sweeping the floors. And if they hide it, they need to live a lie of silence most of the time, never talking about what they really think during working hours.

And at what level are they free to open their mouths and suggest that it might be a good idea to make a really moral, Christian movie? Not even a director can do that, without having the producers and the money guys down on him.

Much likelier that you might persuade the buffoons who run things to hold their noses and hire some outsider Christians to make some movies. Or advise them on how not to drive most of their audiences away.

The same with academia and the public schools. I think maybe the only thing possible is be to start a new operation, completely separate, with clean money, rather than try to fix what has been corrupted over so many years. The corruption is entrenched.

[skinndogNN]

If Hollywood took on the bible, Jesus and his disciples would be 13 gay men who were trying to figure out their sexuality.

It would no doubt be nominated for best picture.

[LovedSinner]

I thought that this was a pretty fair article, even if it only stated what I already know. (For the record, I am trying to break into the industry myself.)

[spankalib]

bfl

[TBP]

The problem is not Hollywood cluelessness, nor is it Hollywood evil. Conservatives tend to over-emphasize both.

B-O-L-O-G-N-A.

[Billthedrill]

The author should try pitching a Christian script to Hollywood producers and see what it gets him. “Get involved” is advice far more easily given than taken.