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'Red America' gets the blues over left-leaning Oscars
Yahoo ^ | Mar 7 | AFP

Posted on 03/07/2006 9:22:24 PM PST by george76

The divide between conservative and liberal America was on full display at the Oscars, with both the winners and losers championing social and political topics heralded by the left.

Across the United States, in blogs and on call-in radio talk shows, conservatives seethed that their point of view was not represented in the choice films honored with nominations -- let alone among those given awards.

"This year's Oscar nominees include stories of homosexual sheep herders, a transvestite and Japanese prostitutes," ...

American conservatives are accustomed to frowning at liberal Hollywood, but they were more disaffected than ever by the left-of-center themes of this year's Oscar nominees.

the conservative Concerned Women for America (CWA)...complained that the few Hollywood films it approved of had loads of popular appeal and impressive box office, but "got the cold shoulder from Hollywood elitists."

Conservative America long has been at odds with liberal Tinseltown, championing films with religious overtones like the blockbuster "Passion of the Christ," which was snubbed at the 2004 Oscars.

This year another hit with Christian overtones was the film "The Chronicles of Narnia...which has raked in more than 637 million dollars in ticket receipts around the world...

Narnia's ticket sales nearly equaled those of the five best picture Oscar nominees combined.

"This year's anticipated Oscar-winning movies, reviewed in light of their box office appeal, reveal Hollywood's true motives.

They are far less concerned about entertaining people than they are with trying to shape the culture and advance a political agenda."

"If you want to be truly courageous and take actual risks then make a movie that gives conservatives a fair shake or, God forbid, make a movie where a Liberal is the bad guy."

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To: JohnRoss

(I know this doesn't happen but) I think the Oscars should recognize the best films, not just the films that are marketed to the masses. Case in point: best documentary went to 'March of the Penguins', a good film but not a patch on the Grizzley doc. Most of the public would rather watch some very photogenic penguins for a warm fuzzy feeling than finaish with a tragic accident


101 posted on 03/08/2006 6:44:09 AM PST by Corbs
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To: Politicalmom

And you're dating this wench because..???




Because she is an smart, amazing and exceptionally beautiful person that loves Jesus. At least that covers most of the reasons I STARTED dating her.

I am still seeing her because when she asked about Brokeback Mountin', I said no. She said "Ok" and never brought it up again.

I like that because I know she is tough enough to put up a fight if it was something she really wanted. But I said no and she respected that.


102 posted on 03/08/2006 6:44:12 AM PST by trubluolyguy (Islam, Religion of Peace and they'll kill you to prove it.)
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To: george76

Way to go, Hollyweird.

103 posted on 03/08/2006 6:45:49 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Rockitz

I second that.

"An Oscar now has as much meaning as a Nobel Peace Prize."


104 posted on 03/08/2006 6:46:06 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Hey! Don't y'all be bustin' on Oscar, now.

Oscar's muh homie.

105 posted on 03/08/2006 6:55:13 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: mewzilla

wrong map


106 posted on 03/08/2006 6:56:54 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: KurtZ

FMJ. One of the best movies ever. No one can play a D.I. like R. Lee Ermy.

"How tall are you, son?"

"Five-nine, sir."

"Gee, I didn't know they could stack sh!t that high!"


107 posted on 03/08/2006 6:59:16 AM PST by webstersII
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To: george76

I don't have the blues over the Oscars...they have long since become a political statement and nothing to do with "best"...they are simply a fraud. Eventually someone will start making movies that people want to watch, and they'll make lots of money and perhaps it'll become a fad.


108 posted on 03/08/2006 7:00:06 AM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: ArrogantBustard

LOL.

We meant the other Oscar...the stupid one who dropped out of high school.


109 posted on 03/08/2006 7:01:00 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Plutarch

I'm confused, probably because I'm not American, but what are the major personality differences between Lib and Dem? (I mean what distinguishing features or characterisations pigeon-hole William Peck as a Liberal)


110 posted on 03/08/2006 7:01:38 AM PST by Corbs
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To: george76
The Oscars and other "award" shows reminds me of how we clap and praise our grandson's independent use of the toilet.

Or frat brothers congratulating each other on a good belch or fart.

111 posted on 03/08/2006 7:01:42 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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To: phelanw

And if it doesn't play in Peoria....


113 posted on 03/08/2006 7:04:58 AM PST by Holicheese ($1 tacos and $1 beers sounded like a good idea at the time!)
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To: george76
"This year's Oscar nominees include stories of homosexual sheep herders, a trans vestite and Japanese prostitutes," ...

Actually, the Japanese prostitute movie was shut out of all the major categories even though it was supposed to have been an "early Oscar contender". I can't argue with the technical awards it one. Those are for the craft, not for the movie.

114 posted on 03/08/2006 7:05:04 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: durasell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


115 posted on 03/08/2006 7:05:57 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Calvin Locke

Does the water in Australian toilets run backwards?


116 posted on 03/08/2006 7:07:17 AM PST by Holicheese ($1 tacos and $1 beers sounded like a good idea at the time!)
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To: N. Theknow; Corbs

There is a good definition of a liberal.

"The Oscars and other "award" shows reminds me of how we clap and praise our grandson's independent use of the toilet."


117 posted on 03/08/2006 7:09:10 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Holicheese

Why, are you a flat-earther?


118 posted on 03/08/2006 7:09:13 AM PST by Corbs
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To: george76

The correct map is one of the globe. Domestic revenue only accounts for a portion of profits from movies, the EU, some parts of Asia, etc. are playing an increasingly important role.


119 posted on 03/08/2006 7:13:28 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: exhaustguy
Sadly, I agree about Narnia, a wonderful film, but no "actors" to nominate and it isn't LotR. Maybe a Director nomination, but doubtful that was going to happen.

Cinderella Man? Maybe because it's another Cinderella story (there's been a bunch of those), or because it's another boxing movie (had one of those last year, with a liberal twist) or maybe because it was another biopic and they weren't as interested in the guy. Also, it came out too early in the year, I think.

Walk the Line, while it was a biopic (like Capote), it shouldn't have had as many strikes against it as Cinderella Man might've had.

That said, a couple of Best Picture nominees have been told before and didn't need to be there again. And I still wonder how "Memoirs of a Geisha", which plays to Hollywood's sensibilities, while also being a historical drama, was left out. Anti-Asian bias, maybe? (*)

TS
(*)Some, but not a lot, of sarcasm in that last rhetorical comment.

120 posted on 03/08/2006 7:14:01 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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