Posted on 03/02/2003 5:40:09 PM PST by Arpege92
Is Hollywood getting our messages or are they just ignoring us? I would love to say to myself, "who cares" but I can't, not as long as they continue to travel the world slamming the United States.
I care because I don't want these countries thinking that all Americans think like most of Hollywood does and unlike Hollywood, I can't afford to travel and undo the damage they are doing.
I care because I don't want the American military troops believing that all Americans are against this war and against them. I don't want our troops questioning themselves in the middle of a battle which could cost them their lives.
I want the rest of the world to know how backwards and trend following the Hollywood crowd has become. The average citizen was already aware of this common thread in Hollywood but thanks to J. Garafalo, it was confirmed. It's sort of funny watching these people appear on television in a "bohemian sort of attire", "bed head hair" and those "I'm smart glasses". They sit there trying so hard to appear as if they could care less about the way they look but the harder they try, the more apparent it becomes. Using big words in their anti-war rhetoric makes me think they sat up all night studying the dictionairy.
Average citizens are supposed to be impressed by all of this and yet, we aren't! You see, the a$$ kissing we see from them all the time about each other is sickening. That garbage about actors reaching for higher plains of self isn't anything that most people are buying into. Hollywood is more like a soap opera than it is anything else. Taking these people as serious as they do their marriages is just something I can't do.
This still has not answered my question...Is Hollywood getting our messages? I don't know and in all probability, they aren't. I don't pretend to have all of the answers to today's problems and I wish Hollywood could pretend to do the same. After all, they make a hell of alot of more money at pretending than I will ever earn.
One person, one vote (Chicago Democrats aside).
Those people don't take messages; they firmly believe that truth is whatever they want it to be .
Quit going to their movies...
They'll get the message.
Shows with unknown citizens eating bugs gets better ratings than shows with "STARS".
Movies are made for 14 year old boys -- they're the last group easy to fool.
Citizens stop buying music, then stop listening to it. Record companies go under.
Anti-American STARS pontificate to the press and it's not covered.
Lack of interest sinks Movie Mags.
TV Ad rates drop as viewer with money go elsewhere.
Only if you believe the messages are equivalent. Or there's some moral imperative that entertainers remain silent. I disagree with both. Let them state their opinions. If anyone's to blame, it's the media, for placing a disproportionate focus on them.
It's silly to dismiss anyone's opinion based solely on job description. And a bit ironic that we internet bloviators might demand such a rule. Most opinions emanating from H'wood can easily be shred on their merits. Awful good fun, too.
I think the applause you see is more a sigh of relief - a bit of thanks that there is some diversity of opinion in that industry. People are starving for entertainers they can patronize without needing to vomit afterwards.
As usual, James Lileks sums it up best:
"I’m not tired of actors speaking out; I will never tire of actors speaking out, because it provides the same amusement of watching dogs walk on their hind legs. The sight itself is hilarious, and it always ends with the performer falling over."
They are equivalent in their unimportance beyond being one person's opinion. That people say, "I'm on the right side of this issue because I agree with Actor X", or, "Actor X agrees with our position so we must be on the right side", are attempts to add weight where there are only feathers. The media wouldn't be selling it if people weren't buying it.
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