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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.

[H]ow do we demand what we want?

Though money is not the only thing driving Hollywood, they still consume a lot of it and if the well goes dry then they'll stop putting out liberal propaganda. So make the well go dry.

Or to be more specific, make the well go dry on Hollywood products that are liberal propaganda or which have outspoken liberals in the cast/director, etc. And in contrast, make sure to support Hollywood (or other film/TV) products that support a conservative perspective or recognized conservatives in cast/crew.

That means you don't go to movies very often. I refuse to watch Avatar, for example. And I won't watch anything with a long list of actors and other activists in it. I saw Avengers before Joss Whedon came out with his anti-capitalist rant and won't be supporting anything else he does.

That means you don't watch a lot of prime-time / big network TV. That means you occasionally send a letter to the corporate offices of a studios reminding them that you aren't supporting their products and why. That's not a 'demand' but it is a statement that they will respect . . . or go broke.

And then you get a lot of other people to do the same, starting with your friends. If we are even approximately a center-right country, then there are at least 100 million people who feel like 'something should be done.' Get them to do something. This note is one of the things that I am 'doing' about it.

“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.”

I don’t think a single one of them made a profit, either, at least until “The Hurt Locker”.