Posted on 11/11/2004 3:43:46 PM PST by ConYoungBlack
Everybody in Hollywood are liberals. But so what? What are you going to do? Are you going to boycott everybody who has a difference of opinion with you? Spielberg has made some films that are certified classics. If he's not the greatest director in motion picture history then I don't know who is.
I just think FReepers need to focus on something other than the politics of the Hollywood set. Granted, there are some actors and actresses that I make a point to avoid, such as Alec Baldwin or Julia Roberts. But I can respect liberals such as Spielberg and Hanks who keep their politics to themselves instead of making bug-eyed hateful statements everyday about Bush.
Your reasoning is flawed--Michael Moore would never make a movie like Saving Private Ryan. Too patriotic.
imo
ABC is airing SPR, its the affiliates that aren't picking it up. They are worried about big fines from the FCC. As far as I know, the FCC has not stated a position on fining stations that air this movie.
There is substance behind the stunt.
The fact is, it shows the system is screwed up because, technically, there could have been a fine, and that is not how our legal system is supposed to work.
I, for one, don't want the government being allowed to control the context of language, because that is far too close to censoring ideas.
And you're right about Tom Hanks, too. He supported Clinton's re-election in '96, but after the Lewinsky scandal broke, he publicly said (paraphrase), "I wish I never gave Clinton money." Since then, Hanks has been pretty mum about his politics. As much as he admirers the WWII generation, I think he also quietly supports our efforts in the War On Terror. As far as Hollywood liberals go, he's a class act.
So you feel that your politics should define what is aired, and that nobody who disagrees with you should be allowed to produce anything that will be on television?
Look. How is the system "screwed up"?
Tonight, hundreds of TV stations are going to show SPR. None of them will be fined. What's "screwed up"?
Some station in Iowa disingenuously crying wolf proves that there really is a wolf?
technically, there could have been a fine,
There is not going to be a fine. Nobody seriously believes there is going to be a fine. There is no good reason to believe that there will be a fine. And I reckon even Mr. Cole does not, deep down, actually believe there will be a fine.
He is crying wolf.
I hope these new found morals stick with them. I will be vigilant in watching their programming in the future and fast to point out any indescretions to authorities!
From the site:
"The ABC Television Network presents Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning film "Saving Private Ryan" as a tribute to veterans beginning at 8 p.m. tonight on ABC 11. The broadcast will include an introductory message from Vietnam Veteran and former POW, Senator John McCain. "Saving Private Ryan" contains graphic violence and intense adult language, including a realistically violent depiction of the D-Day invasion and extensive profanity. "Saving Private Rying" carries a TV-MA,L,V parental guideline, is intended for mature audiences, and viewer discretion is strongly advised."
Then if the hoax is exposed for what it is, the story exposed as an out-and-out lie, the left shrugs and says, "Well, ok, maybe it's not literally true, but at least it shows some Larger Truth about the way things are..." I know you've heard this a thousand times over.
Well, you are essentially making the same argument: That even those it's not literally true that TV stations have an actual risk of getting fined for showing SPR, it's ok for this guy to pretend and lie about feeling "scared" so as to expose the "Larger Truth" that the FCC is being too moralistic/arbitrary/whatever.
Sorry, I just don't buy into Hoaxes For Larger Truths.
Nice points. I think that since they made a big deal out of it, more people will watch...or rent it. I'll even try to sit through it.....
Not a hoax.
Fact is, stations HAVE been fined for repeating things in the same content that had been allowed for years.
If it takes station managers making this stand to get some people to wake up I am all for it. I do not want to sit idly by and watch as others dictate what I can and can't see, say and hear.
Is there any sane reason to believe that the FCC will level a fine for showing this particular film given that it's already been shown??? If not, he's crying wolf to show a "Larger Truth". That "Larger Truth" may, in fact, actually be true, as you are saying. But that's no reason for me to nod my head and pretend that this isn't just a stunt.
You really need to look at this situation because what the FCC finds offensive under a future administration may not be so much to your liking.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not even saying that current FCC rulings are to my liking. I just find it very hard to believe that anyone could possibly believe that showing SPR would entail any nontrivial risk of fine. Hey, maybe I'm wrong... we'll see tonight, right? It's going to be shown on many many affiliates and we'll see what the FCC does.
If it takes Rigoberta Menchu falsifying her biography to achieve social justice then I am all for it...
Sorry, no... not me. *shrug* I have no great love for what the FCC has been doing (my opinion is not that strong either way) but I just have a distaste for posturing political stunts, which is what - I am fairly certain - this is. Best,
This is just their latest attempt to mock the FCC.
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