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Responsibility about what?
I just think they should keep their left-wing politics to themselves, otherwise the marketplace should rule as to what does or doesn't get made.
I don't want the moral majority determining what kind of movies get made - that would totally suck.
I am not advocating government censorship, or even necessarily free market retaliation against the films created by these Hollywood leftists.

But I **do** believe that "to whom much is given, much is required."

See, for example, the message that I promoted at a PREVIOUS Oscar FReep:

LA SLIMES' NOTABLE OSCAR QUOTABLES --
NICOLE KIDMAN ON ONE SIDE... AND FR'S "RONDOG" ON THE OTHER!
LEFT ANGELES SLIMES
Posted on 03/24/2003 1:59:50 PM PST by AnnaZ

So I finally start going through, page by page, the Oscar coverage in today's Slimes (that's right... still reading it so that you don't have to). And then I almost had a heart attack.

The "E"/"Calendar Part 1" Section is dedicated to Oscar coverage, E1 starting it all off with a big pic of Best Actor winner Adrien Brody smooching presenter Halle Berry and the beginning of the story.

Following it in to E2 and E3, there are a bunch of huge picture of various winners from the night, the top of each page prefaced with a huge bold quote.

On the left side (heh, heh) is one quote:

"Why do you come to the Academy Awards when the world is in such turmoil?

Because art is important."

Nicole Kidman, accepting the best actress award

On the right side (in more ways than one ;^) is another quote:

"If John Wayne were here, he'd be doing what we're doing.

He'd be supporting the troops."

Ron Smith, demonstrator at Hollywood and Highland

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To: AnnaZ; RonDog

"If John Wayne were here, he'd be doing what we're doing. He'd be supporting the troops.
What Would Elvis Do???

155 posted on 03/24/2003 5:27:30 PM PST by HangFire
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To: HangFire

What Would Elvis Do???
LOL!
Elvis was my SECOND choice for a sign...
We KNOW what Elvis did, from www.top40-charts.com:

ELVIS JOINS THE US ARMY

By the end of 1957, Elvis Presley was the unchallenged King of Rock'n'Roll. With nine US chart-topping hits behind him achieved in less than two years, he was the hottest item on any menu, but that very fact may have strongly influenced the US Government in their insistence that Presley should be drafted for national service in the US Army...

156 posted on 03/24/2003 5:34:24 PM PST by RonDog
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"moral majority "

I just went to see Constantine last night, and liked it. It was the first movie in more than 6 months that I have gone to see. Otherwise, we rent or watch old movies on TV.

This is a far cry from what I used to do. I used to go almost every week or two. With the advancement of the moral decay during the Clinton administration, I began noticing that fewer and fewer movies were made that were redeeming. There's the cussing. There's the devil/evil forces crap that can't be stopped by religion for some reason. There's the evil priest. There's the point of view from the killer's perspective, which began long ago, and has intensified over the years. There's the remaking of old movies that studios thoughts should be 'updated' for some reason. There's the gay sub/plot line. There's the abortion/horrible parent plot line. There's the lack of moral core plot line. And, there's the good, simple ordinary life is trite, dull and stupid plot line.

Sometimes I think now that McCarthy was right, and that the Communists, or, at least all those that are truly evil, have taken over control of film making. For going on two generations now, we have witnessed a need to thrill and titillate that reaches beyond the previous level, abandoning what is good in human nature for what is at the very least not so good.

Since when is it a bad thing for parents or anyone to see a just plain good movie that warms the heart and is a good movie?

The night before my father had his fatal heart attack, I took my parents to see The Natural, having bragged about how good it was. I am glad it was that kind of movie, and not something like what is produced now. I am also, I am sad to say, glad he didn't live to see what is happening now. I am also worried that generations of children are growing up thinking all this is normal and all right, and expecting even more, which is a frightening thought.

My 2 cents.