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To: sphinx

Thanks for posting, but “Frankly Scarlet, I don’t give a damn!”


44 posted on 01/23/2024 12:11:50 PM PST by Redleg Duke (“Who is John Galt?”)
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To: Redleg Duke
Thanks for posting, but “Frankly Scarlet, I don’t give a damn!”

That's fine, but this is always a two track discussion.

First is the movie buff track. Some of us still like movies, want to watch something other than golden oldies we've seen 101 times, and are happy to get tips on good new movies. Others have moved beyond or aged out of interest in movies. That's fine; each to his own.

The second track, however, is the culture war track. For better or worse (mostly for worse), the upcoming generations are glued to their screens. If and when limb transplants become possible, they will go in to get two additional arms so that they can carry a third smartphone and a tablet all at the same time. Most of them don't read anything, and most of the schools went over to the enemy long ago.

Politics is downstream of culture. Culture matters. Pop culture matters. Movies matter. A movie like Oppenheimer -- or any movie on any historical topic -- will (unfortunately) become the basic briefing on the events depicted. If it is a pack of lies, the propagandists will have won. Pop the truth down the memory hole, rewrite as needed, and the young people will never see a dissenting word. That is exactly where the left wants to take us: total information control. Similarly, movies that normalize and celebrate bad conduct matter; most of the kids sure aren't getting good messages from their churches or schools, and many don't get them from their parents. They will take their bearings from peers, movies, tv, and social media. Etc., etc., etc.

We are in a culture war. We are losing. And we can't fight something with nothing. You may not care about movies anymore, but it is important that good movies that speak truth about important questions remain part of the ecosystem. It's not enough to denounce the trash. We need to be able to point to some good alternatives. It's important for conservatives to stay in the game. Yes, we're badly outnumbered in the film industry. That makes it even more important to recognize the saving remnant.

53 posted on 01/23/2024 2:09:29 PM PST by sphinx
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