Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Does the Film Industry Care About Van Gogh?

As filmmakers, we are part of a community of people across time and across continents and countries who explore the wonderful medium of film. But my question is: do we here in LA, in Hollywood, in Leftist America, care about Van Gogh's murder at the hands of fascists?

Had it been Michael Moore at the hands of a right wing extremist, or Michael Bay by a religious nut, there would be an outrage. *This point was made by Andrew Sullivan, but I thought I'd add it as my own, to my blog.

As it is, the Hollywood left has found it more convenient to turn a blind eye to Islamic fascism and instead villify the American right.

Does anyone know why hollywood is so left wing? Hollywood wasn't always left-wing, it used to sway right-center, Hawks, Ford, John Wayne...it was only after the McCarthy era, when Hollywood, which had contibuted significantly to the WWII effort, felt betrayed by the Federal Government and the Republican communist witch hunt, that Hollywood swung so far left.

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