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[snarks_when_bored]

How long would it take for Hollywood to re-discover solid American values if people stopped going to their movies? About a week? Two weeks? A month? Not much longer.

I'm doing my part.

[Borges]

For this year's Oscar hopefuls, it's more like opening a vein. Drug addiction, mercy killing, mental illness, genocide, abortion, ill young mothers and borderline alcoholism — these are a few of Oscar's favorite things this year.

Doesn't mention how the subjects dealt with. Or is it wrong to deal with them in any way?

[ProudVet77]

Better title:
Hollywood Babble On

[gdani]

For this year's Oscar hopefuls, it's more like opening a vein. Drug addiction, mercy killing, mental illness, genocide, abortion, ill young mothers and borderline alcoholism — these are a few of Oscar's favorite things this year

I don't get it.

Is the author complaining that movies are made with these subjects? If so, pretty stupid.

What's next - complaining because there are books & TV programs that address the same subjects?

[mel]

I started watching Bonanza on TVLand. That show was awesome. One program talked about honesty, values, justice. And it said those words in the show. Nearly every episode has a value lesson. However, if Bonanza was made today, Adam would be living with his girlfriend, Haas would be divorced with a bunch of kids, and Little Joe would be a homosexual. Pa would probably be on drugs.

[what's up]

Used to be that Film Noir was the minority; the majority was movies with, if not overt religious values, than certainly underlying Judeo-Chrisitan values.

Now Film Noir often seems to be the majority and Judeo-Christian values are constantly challenged, even in the comedies.

Same for books and TV...mass culture in general.

[John Lenin]

Liberalism =Mental Illness

Need more proof ?

[Christian4Bush]

BTPAT

[UCANSEE2]

And yet, are these not reflections of what is going on in our society?

[lone star annie]

DePalma directed Scarface which trashed Castro and his ilk pretty good. Tony Montana said, "How would you like leeving someplace where they are always telling you what to do and how to theenk?"

[Gal.5:1]

A relative made a movie recently. Theme: true crime-horrible bloody first degree murder (bludgeoning people to death). The next one due out will be horror/mystical suspense (trashing Christian faith, losing faith, taking on 'religious phenomena' in order to 'debunk' religion). The family is slightly displeased with me that I'm not totally enthusiastic and supportive of my relative (and these movies are all they can talk about!) I honestly feel sad that my relative wants to make movies with such dark and depressing themes.

[Constantine XIII]

Really? I thought we were winning. The awards show had the crappiest ratings since forever, and box office returns are pathetic.

But I'm an optimist. :P