Why don't conservatives start their own Hollywood? (Reagan, money, Las Vegas)
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Since you like to complain about liberal Hollywood, why haven't conservatives started their own entertainment studios? I'm not talking about the fringe stuff that Kirk Cameron does. I'm talking about Meryl type talent. I'm sure that there must be talented conservatives.
There's a lot of money with conservatives so what has stopped them from getting studios, finding good actors who are conservatives, building movie theaters, tv stations, starting a Netflix type business, etc?
I would think that the audience would be there based on the Hollywood hatred here. There must be some reason that no one has done it. Look at what Tyler Perry has done just by focusing on the black community. Conservatives make up a larger percentage than black people.
Instead of expecting Hollywood to change, why don't conservatives get off their soapbox and do something about it?
There's a lot of conservative and "family values" being made, some are pretty good. Conservatives gripe about "Hollywood" but they have movies being made for them and by them, too. They just have to look for it.
What a dumb premise. Hollywood or movie making started in the early 1900’s by people who were not political. Over the years, many actors and people in Hollywood took up political causes. Some were on the Left and some were on the Right. Some of the most famous were not liberal. Reagan, Eastwood and Schwarzenager come to mind but there were many.
In the last few decades however, the trend was to go liberal and that is how it is today although there are plenty of conservatives still. Why should conservatives try to make a separate Hollywood? The current Hollywood was built by many people, some of whom were conservatives.
There's a lot of conservative and "family values" being made, some are pretty good. Conservatives gripe about "Hollywood" but they have movies being made for them and by them, too. They just have to look for it.
I know but the constant complaining about Hollywood makes me wonder why they don't branch off and get their own studio? It honestly seems surprising that there isn't a Tyler Perry of conservatives.
What a dumb premise. Hollywood or movie making started in the early 1900’s by people who were not political. Over the years, many actors and people in Hollywood took up political causes. Some were on the Left and some were on the Right. Some of the most famous were not liberal. Reagan, Eastwood and Schwarzenager come to mind but there were many.
In the last few decades however, the trend was to go liberal and that is how it is today although there are plenty of conservatives still. Why should conservatives try to make a separate Hollywood? The current Hollywood was built by many people, some of whom were conservatives.
Then why so much complaining? It's never going back to being conservative in the forefront. Accept it or start your own business.
You don't have to explain Hollywood to me. I know all about the history.
Then why so much complaining? It's never going back to being conservative in the forefront. Accept it or start your own business.
You don't have to explain Hollywood to me. I know all about the history.
People have a right to complain. Just like you folks from the Left like to complain about Wall Street. Why don’t you start your own liberal Wall Street then? See how silly your premise is?
And you are wrong about “it’s never going back to being conservative.” One thing you should learn from history is how things can flip. It wasn’t that long ago when Hollywood was so anti-Communist that many innocent Hollywood people were blacklisted. As you know, communism is Left of center.
People have a right to complain. Just like you folks from the Left like to complain about Wall Street. Why don’t you start your own liberal Wall Street then? See how silly your premise is?
And you are wrong about “it’s never going back to being conservative.” One thing you should learn from history is how things can flip. It wasn’t that long ago when Hollywood was so anti-Communist that many innocent Hollywood people were blacklisted. As you know, communism is Left of center.
Starting your own Wall St would be next to impossible bc you'd basically have to create a parallel universe. However, starting a conservative based entertainment industry is feasible. Look at Branson, Mo, it's essentially a conservative Las Vegas.
Why don't conservatives start their own Hollywood?
A wise person (whose name escapes me) once characterized contemporary entertainment as centered upon the destruction of property and the removal of clothing.
But most people who characterize themselves as "conservative" are not overgrown adolescents who seek lives of constant fantasy-based entertainment. (And the pursuit of a set of values and a purpose-driven life does not necessarily imply blind acceptance of religious or mystical absolutes).
Last edited by 2nd trick op; 03-05-2018 at 03:54 AM..
Why don't conservatives start their own Hollywood?
Because most people who characterize themselves as "conservative" are not overgrown adolescents who seek lives of constant fantasy-based entertainment. (And the pursuit o a set of values and a purpose-driven life does not necessarily imply blind acceptance of religious or mystical absolutes).
Exactly.
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