Posted on 08/28/2008 10:30:47 AM PDT by bs9021
American Carolling
by: Emily Miller, August 28, 2008
In Hollywood, where sex, drugs, and Democrats are as bountiful and commonplace as eco-chic Nalgene water bottles and True Religion blue jeans, can any movie be produced capable of sending shrill shockwaves deep into the core of Los Angeles’ conscience? It seems such a feat is indeed possible. Movie directors David Zucker and Myrna Sokoloff discovered they struck a raw nerve with the L.A. crowd by making a film with a (gasp!) conservative political message.
Their film, An American Carol, is a comedy that Sokoloff says goes “straight at the left” by emphasizing four messages: America is a force for good in the world; the U.S. military should be honored and respected; appeasement is wrong and ineffective and America was founded by people of faith.
Naturally this message is being perceived as a direct affront upon Hollywood’s value system and political philosophy as a whole.
“Hollywood’s a business. However, they also have an agenda,” Sokoloff told bloggers at the Heritage Foundation earlier this month.
She notes that An American Carol does not fit the usual Hollywood mold and is therefore anticipating a negative reaction to the movie among her LA peers.
“One, they’ll either say this is just another stupid David Zucker tasteless comedy, who cares? Or the mainstream media is going to come after us because it’s so dangerous. [They’ll say] that it’s a Republican movie, it’s a conservative movie, it’s not really a comedy so that the general audience wouldn’t want to see it.”
Sokoloff’s instinct is proving to be sharp as the movie is already generating searing backlash from the local press.....
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FINALLY! A movie that “goes “straight at the left”! I can hardly wait! Christmas comes early!
I saw an ad for this the other night - the ad itself was laugh-out-loud funny. After reading this review, sounds like this will be a must-see...
This will be a huge movie if the comedy content is as good as Airplane and Naked Gun. I realy hope this blows any leftist documentary movie ever made out of the water in earnings.
It would be a nice slap in the face to Hollywierd although those wacko liberals would want that smack on thier butts just for the simple pleasure....
“This will be a huge movie if the comedy content is as good as Airplane and Naked Gun”
I really liked Team America...World Police. Love the scene where they wreck Paris.
I’ll have to have someone show me where a movie theater is and how to buy a ticket. I’ve forgotten the whole process.
Haven't they heard the truism about bad publicity? These people aren't just commies, they're stupid commies.
I can't wait to see this movie. I'm laughing just thinking about it. I loved the "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" movies. And anything that skewers Michael Moore and features a cameo from Bill O'Reilly has to be good.
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