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Why does such a Liberal attitude permeate the motion picture and entertainment industries as a whole?
I am a registered Independent voter who usually votes democratic, but I want serious answers, not things like "because they aren't smart" So, the neoconservatives of the south are smart? Let's be serious now.
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It isn't because they are "smart", but rather because they are involved with the arts (albeit "low art" as some may see it). Artists all throughout the ages have tended to be iconoclastic characters, rebelling against the mores and values of their time. Respect for tradition is one of the bases of conservative philosophy, and this runs counter to what artists tend to be.
Yea, well stay cooped up in a closet spinning David Allen Coe records because you couldn't sound more like a protohuman if you tried.
Amazing how people that have no artistic abilities see others.
And what is a "protohuman"?
You are right- I have no artistic abilities and am happy for it, as such endeavors are a dead end and should be embraced as only a curious hobby. Music and art are, for the most part, hobbies, not an academic pursuit.
Please. Nobody cares about anything except professionalism and the capacity to sell tickets. There's no lack of D-listers who claim they've been robbed of their star status due to their conservatism, I'll grant you that.
How many left-slanted anti-war movies have been released and have bombed at the BO in the last decade? After the first 2-3, you'd think they'd get the message if it was strictly about the money. Stop Loss, In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, The Kingdom, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Home of the Brave, Green Zone, etc. All of those movies tanked, but they kept cranking out anti-war movie one after another. That's not driven by business, that's driven by agenda.
Compare that to the handful of Conservative movies that have squeezed by recently. The Blind Side, Soul Surfer, Courageous, etc. Small budgets, positive stories and financially successful films. It's obvious there's a market for movies playing to the values of middle America, but Hollywood would rather lose money by promoting Liberal views than make it pandering to Conservatives.
If this doesn't cement Hollywood's disdain for Conservatives, nothing will. Recall the Oscars a few years ago, during the "In Remembrance" montage where they honor those who've died. When Charlton Heston was honored, the audience fell silent. There was thunderous applause for Paul Newman, but they wouldn't applaud Charlton Frickin' Heston! That was so horribly classless, but not surprising considering how Hollywood treats those who don't think and act like them.
Really? How many Conservatives travel to Cambodia to help build a well while donating 1/3 of their yearly multi multi million dollar salary to help the poor?
Um, missionaries? Thousands of Christians have put their lives on hold and travelled to third-world nations to dig wells, build homes, schools and clinics and taught invaluable skills. I know, you're going to claim it's just to convert them. It's a tired and pathetic attempt to downplay true humanitarianism and utter kindness.
Christians are often the first responders to natural disasters like the tsunamis and hurricane Katrina. Sean Penn shows up and talks to those who just lost their homes and somehow he's the true hero.
Conservatives get their hands dirty while the most effort most Liberal Celebrities put forth is opening their checkbook.
How many left-slanted anti-war movies have been released and have bombed at the BO in the last decade? After the first 2-3, you'd think they'd get the message if it was strictly about the money. Stop Loss, In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, The Kingdom, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Home of the Brave, Green Zone, etc. All of those movies tanked, but they kept cranking out anti-war movie one after another. That's not driven by business, that's driven by agenda.
Compare that to the handful of Conservative movies that have squeezed by recently. The Blind Side, Soul Surfer, Courageous, etc. Small budgets, positive stories and financially successful films. It's obvious there's a market for movies playing to the values of middle America, but Hollywood would rather lose money by promoting Liberal views than make it pandering to Conservatives.
Pfffft...none of those movies you listed are "conservative." Blind Side? LMAO...who are you kidding?
And Hollywood isn't in the money losing business. It aint just about strictly box office dollars. Those films can make dollars long after they leave the box office. In the Valley of Elah couldn't have cost all that much to make anyway.
All that said, it doesn't matter how much money they make or lose. If you're not getting a check, why do you care what they spend on movies that you don't particularly like? If they're losing money, it's not coming out of your pocket. If you thought the wars were a wonderful idea, then just say so, but that doesn't mean Hollywood shouldn't make a film about the stupidity of it all just because it might not break the bank at the box office.
Most of the folks on the 'front lines or in the 'trenches' are conservatives.
Which TOTALLY explains why Sean Penn was in the trenches, working with the U.S. military, ater the quake in Haiti.
(Senior Army personnel with the 82nd Airborne praised his work, BTW. They had quite the mutual admiration society going on while why were working together pulling bodies from the rubble and struggling to get fresh water and food and shelter to the victims.)
Oh yea? Well if they don't have a clue, why are they a bunch of millionaires and you're broke on your ass schlepping to a crappy job every morning to pay your bills?
Yea, they live in a fantasy land...the one you dream about living in one day.
Do you know me? Do you know how I live? Huh? I didn't think so. You just want to show how ignoranrt you are. Failed.
Those in the entertainment industry tend to have a higher incidence of affective disorders, personality disorders, and psychiatric disturbances. Liberals in general have a higher incidence of mental illness, and so one would expect a statistical skew toward liberalism in Hollywood.
Do you have some links to back that up? Or are you making things up?
Do you have some links to back that up? Or are you making things up?
Sure. When it is said that liberalism is a mental disorder, there is some truth to that contention. Of course, many of the tenents of liberalism are based in self hate, which is simply depression manifest on a macro scale. It makes perfect sense.
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