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."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
" I'm not political and I try to avoid generalisations whenever possible..."
When are you going to back off on your political claim of millions of examples ?
You do not even have ten examples.
As to your last comment..."Thanks for the learning curve"
First, you need to learn not to make so many generalizations. You can not support your wild generalizations.
Second, you need to learn to take personal responsibility for your own words.
Have a nice day.
The only one who I've heard express any interest in serving was Bruce Willis, and he was turned down in the past few years because of his age.
Gary Sinise comes from a military family, he said, and does a lot of entertaining of the troops.
But yes, as you pointed out, none of the current crop has served, not that I can think of.
Don't get me wrong. I wish the thing had tanked. I love westerns and this offal is an affront. But I'm afraid it has been a modest financial success. Barf!
I haven't seen it for my own reasons, but from all reviews, this wasn't a "western."
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