Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Movie making and politics

There's always been a bond between film makers and politicians. Both get rich and powerful by preaching; but you feel a little jerked around if you grew up with the films of the 40s and 50s, or watch them on TNT or AMC, and compare them to 21st century garbage. Last week Kyle Smith in the WSJ asked, "What's come over liberals?" He says their Bush-era movies are muddled, condescending, violent, vigilante, with trash talking points and weak plots with the usual predictables. Seeing a pro-American film in a theater today is as likely as seeing a pro-Stalin film in the 1950s, says Smith.

I'd just call it the "Law and Order" template; the little screen leading the way.

Bad guys (gang) are white.
Good cops are black.
Saintly friend (minor role) is black.
Real villan is white business man (if they use the L & O template, could also be clergy or husband of the female victim).
Behind the crime there is never personal responsibility
Give the "hero" or "heroine" amnesia or victimhood so they can become a killing machine but still spout leftist propaganda.
Important talking points:
    acceptance or glorification of gays
    unprepared military
    whimpy or non-existant clergy
    blame the Jews or
    life in the mean streets of Mega-metropolis

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