Posted on 02/02/2006 8:23:41 PM PST by MrBallroom
Hollywood Does It Again
by Jennifer King, Managing Editor
February 3, 2006
Liberals have become so predictable, it’s almost boring prognosticating what they’ll do next. Anything to poke a stick in the eye of the unlettered bourgeoisie. All efforts must be aimed at insulting plebian Red America.
Thus, at the “Golden Globe” awards, the alleged precursor to the Oscars, the winners included a plethora of tediously tendentious offerings. Brokeback Mountain, a movie about gay sheepherders whose illicit lust destroys both of their heterosexual marriages, won for best drama, best director, best original song (which some wag dubbed, “Homos on the Range”) and best screenplay. Actress Felicity Huffman won best actress for her portrayal of a transsexual man undergoing a sex change operation. Actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman won best actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote, a gay man who deeply involved himself with notorious drifters who had murdered an entire family in Kansas. Rachel Weisz won best supporting actress for her work in The Constant Gardener, a LeCarre take on the evils of Big Pharmaceutical. George Clooney’s film, Syriana, was a conspiratorial take on Iraq and Big Oil. Tiresome.
The film industry is in precipitous decline, even in “Old Europe” which should be anxious to depart with their Euros for the chance to see their version of America vindicated. In Germany, home of Mohammed Atta, movie going has seen a 20.6% decline. In Spain, it is 15%. In France, 10%. In the United States, only 9% of the population goes regularly to the movies. In the 1940s, that number was 60%.
The industry studiously avoids examples of good films which make serious money. C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, the Lord of the Rings series and The Passion of the Christ should have shown Hollywood that movies with a good moral message (and underlying Christian themes) would do well in theatres. Nevertheless, the industry continues to bleed away dollars trying to sell Americans on the triad of white liberal guilt, corporate corruption and the evils of religion.
The parallels with the news media are inescapable. As The New York Times, the Orlando Sentinel, and other papers continue to shrink in volume and ad copy, one would assume that they would examine their bottom line and perhaps adjust their journalists accordingly. Nay, they grow increasingly shrill, thrashing about like a dinosaur caught in the tar pits.
Their anger propels them to new heights of absurdity - available everyday on the web pages of fevered leftwingers, weekly in the editorial pages of the increasingly marginalized papers and monthly in the new releases from Hollywood.
Eventually, the bean counters should have their day. We can all anticipate it with joy. ***
© 2006 Jennifer King
COPYRIGHT © 2006 BY THE AMERICAN PARTISAN
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LOL, typical troll, join to lecture about whining, while whining.
"Please, I know far too well that people will try and play caricatures of conservatives to gain points on whatever DU ripoff site they frequent."
Been observant then.
" I don't feel any need to defend my conservativism to anyone, and I take it as personal insult when people question it because I happen to disagree with another conservative."
Then you will feel mightily insulted here on FR often.
NCIS is about the only network show that I watch with regularity. I think the writing isn't bad and the stories are interesting.
Stupid movies, high cost of tickets, high costs of popcorn and $5 soft drinks.
And still 9% go see movies?
Either this economy is doing very well or some people just dont have cable!
Both of which took place prior to 1775.
Negative.
The "Halls of Montezuma" is a reference to the Mexican War, 1845, (70 years after 1775).
"The Shores of Tripoli" is a reference to the Barbary Pirate campaign, 1805, 30 years post-1775.
And I ain't even a Marine.
Another way of saying "Giant Freaking Goldfish".
;-)
LMAO! I had no idea they were sheepherders. A little irony there whether intended or not.
Surely they see they are losing money, and don't call me Shirley.
1) Hollywood is at odds with the majority of America
2) Box office returns have been steadily falling because of this
Her argument was some vague combination of futile rage against "liberals" who control Hollywood, and a sizeable dose of what was essentially whining about more mainstream views not getting mentioned.
Compare that to my position, which places the blame only in part on the liberal concensus which governs Hollywood - but more importantly, where the money lies. Hollywood's liberalism doesn't magically create money out of box office flops, as she somehow ignores - it gets money from backers who appreciate its product, even if the majority of movie-goers do not.
More importantly, I presented a solution to the problem, as opposed to simply griping about it - and one which has been proven to work in formerly liberal-only world of major media.
Save your flip-flops for Mr Kerry's inevitable run for the democrat nomination.
Welcome to FR. The kitties are coming to greet you.
Makes you wonder what else he flips...
I'll admit when I'm wrong - I knew those dates, but it didn't parse that they were post-1775. In any case, the USMC was in operation prior to 1775, though not under the USMC (at the time, Continental Marines) banner; the official recognition and formation into a coherant and centrally directed fighting force took place after many had already been fighting under different banners but performing similar missions.
2) Box office returns have been steadily falling because of this
End of story. The rest is entertainment. Keep 'em coming. :-)
And this is a bad thing? (not the actress, the subject of the movie)
So freepers with a different view than yours constitutes "mean-spirited"?
The "end" of your story leaves some of the most important questions unanswered.
You can always tell a lefty....
But you can't tell them much...
I sure hope not. Dick Cheney is my hero and I'd like to think that's what Wyoming men are really like.
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