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Hollywood: Do You Know Why You’re in Georgia?
American Thinker ^ | 5 April, 2019 | Trevor Thomas

Posted on 04/05/2019 7:45:35 AM PDT by budj

After Georgia lost out to Louisiana on the production of Ray (the film about Georgia native Ray Charles) in 2008, then Georgia governor -- now U.S. Secretary of Agriculture -- Sonny Perdue, a Republican, signed tax-incentive legislation that was intended to lure the film industry to Georgia. It worked, and in a big way. Georgia is now often referred to as “the Hollywood of the South.” However, the way things are trending in film production, California may soon seek to become “the Georgia of the West.”

Just a couple of weeks ago, a report by Atlanta’s NBC News affiliate “11-Alive” described Georgia as “the top filming location in the world.” In 2016 and 2017, Georgia led the U.S. in the number of top-grossing feature films produced. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: culture; government; hollywood; morality
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To: budj

Well said. This is Georgia and the leftists can go home today. In fact, I recommend it.


41 posted on 04/05/2019 12:38:47 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: IronJack

They can learn to code.


42 posted on 04/05/2019 1:44:25 PM PDT by perfect stranger
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