If this event alone doesn't prove that Hollywood is in the toilet, nothing does.
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 ...
Holly wierd is in the tank.
Oscars don't matter.
Citizens voted with their feet.
And with their money.
We voted with our wallets, actually. : ) Or rather, refused to vote with our wallets.
If this event alone doesn't prove that Hollywood is in the toilet, nothing does.
Compared with Narnia and The Passion of the Christ, Brokeback Mountain was an utter flop, except in the bathouses of San Francisco and New York.
That's right. Remember this line from the article:
"They are far less concerned about entertaining people than they are with trying to shape the culture and advance a political agenda."
Evidently they are also less concerned about making money than they are about putting forth their point of view.
Minor movies watched by a very few.
If MMoore is your symbol for Hollywood...well, I hate to break it to you but that won't FIT in the toilet!
Same thing.
Not walking in.
The blues?
Over the Oscars?
That was on?
And...this moron Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 911 had no impact whatsoever. The impact film (political ad) which cost a measely $100K put forth by the Swift Boat Vets helped destroy "traitor" John Kerry!!! Moore's $119M film did zilch to hurt GW Bush's chances for re-election. So much for Michael Mooore!!! And...Hollywood too!!! 2006 is going to be a bad year for the left-wing idiots from Hollywood.
Who decided for me that I have the "blues" over a bunch of lousy movies?
I just don't care. Why doesn't Yahoo and Hollow-wood understand this?
My girlfriend watched parts of it and thought I was wierd for not watching it.
Then again she didn't understand why I threatened to dump her if she insisted on having me take her to the butt rammers movie.
Brokeback broke Hollywood. Details at 11....
The title was written by an idiot try to make a bad pun over blue vs red America.
It failed like their stupid show that no one watched.
"conservatives seethed that their point of view was not represented in the choice films honored with nominations -- let alone among those given awards."
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I didn't get the feeling that we were "seething;" pretty much it seemed everyone just ignored the Oscars. As we should, for anything that isn't worth our time.
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