Posted on 03/25/2005 11:27:31 AM PST by quidnunc
For 20 years I have been an actress and writer in Hollywood. I wrote guest columns, worked phone banks and walked precincts for the re-election of President Bush. I eagerly traveled to Washington for his second Inauguration. Then, at various festivities, upon informing fellow conservatives that I was from Hollywood, I was often greeted with, "A conservative in Hollywood? There must be only three of you." (Or six, but this bemused assertion never reached double digits.)
This presumption is just not true, however. Like other minority groups, conservatives in show business have steadily been coming out of the closet. But let's be honest, a million men won't march down Sunset Boulevard chanting, "Down with Michael Moore, we say out loud … we voted for George W. Bush, and we are proud!" The latter, however, isn't really necessary or even desirable. It is not that we need to indulge in a left vs. right war as artists. The point is that we have sought to be truly honest craftsmen, while also being allowed to enjoy a diversity of opinion without retribution.
Yet it is still important for those in the conservative movement itself to understand and appreciate that many in Hollywood share their revulsion for the ranting of Cameron Diaz, Whoopie Goldberg and Chevy Chase. And now, for a variety of reasons, not only conservatives, but also libertarians and non-leftists in the entertainment industry are broadening the artistic spectrum in Hollywood.
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Michael Moore isn't a Hollywood figure. He's a radical gadfly who happens to make films.
I live in the mid-west and spoke to a fellow church member this past Sunday about his adult son who is working in Hollywood as a writer. I really believe that we will see a growing movement of good conservative people infiltrating Hollywood.
How do they get work???
good one
Wasn't it Chalton Heston that said there were more closet conservatives in Hollywood, than there were closet homosexuals?
I want to see this show! :D
David Zucker one of us? Well, shut my mouth!
He directed a campaign ad for President Bush. So surely he is. And don't call him Shirley.
Well, I'm encouraged. Some good news this week!
There have to be more than 3,, how would they have foursomes for golf otherwise. ;-)
That was one of the best campaign ads I've ever seen. Candidates should use more (intentional) humor in their pitches.
Sorry, I'm lost on this. clueless on the campaign ad. Explain, please.
I'm not even sure he's a genuine believer in his crap myself. I think there's a better-than-even chance that Moore is a sick sensationalist who craves money and approval from the Hollywood establishment and has found a perfect vehicle to take him there: rabid hatred of anything conservative.
MM
I hope one of them wasn't Tom Sizemore. He just got sent away for 21 months on a drug conviction.
No I think he's a genunine leftist who just happens to use film as his medium. He's been involved in pro-labor movements of various stripes since his college days.
hadn't seen that ad. It's great. Humor goes far.
talent.
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