UNESCO vs. Hollywood

townhall.com ^ | 11.11.05 | Brent Bozell

[paudio]

You had to go outside the United States to catch some of the outrage. The Vancouver Sun editorialized: "Canada and France championed the treaty, whose effect is to ensure that cultural products (yes, those foul movies and music videos the United States exports to eager consumers around the world) aren't covered under free-trade agreements and can be subsidized, tariffed, regulated and generally mauled in any way governments choose."

From Tinseltown, the Los Angeles Times did write an editorial suggesting France and Canada were "ardent advocates" protecting their own media industries from "the onslaught of tasteless American media," and predicted that any limitation on the availability of "American slasher films and teen road-trip movies" was destined to fail, since those products will make their way into many countries via bootlegged DVDs or the Internet. But there was not one syllable wasted on French-baiting or UNESCO-bashing.

[paudio]

It's interesting to see how long before Hollyweird people realize that their wallets are under attack from their camerades in UN...

[swampmonster]

Well, well, well, it's all coming home to roost for these clowns. Just a matter of time before George Clooney, Johny Depp, and all the other back stabbers realize that they can no longer kow-tow to the Europeans for a large chunk of their income. It seems the Europeans are being true to their nature and have turned around and back stabbed Hollywood!

Let me get some popcorn.

[dfwgator]

UNESCO vs. Hollywood

Kind of like figuring out whether to root for Hitler or for Stalin.

[wizardoz]

Naw... it's more like watching the girls fighting in the water fountain.

"Tastes Great!"
"Less filling!"

Raaooooowww!! Hair pulling! Shirt ripping! Splash, splash! Who cares who wins? LOL!!

[tophat9000]

Interesting, because a very high percentage of "Hollywood's" trash is in fact "Made in Canada" (Vancouver and Toronto)