← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · Franco
Thread ID: 17902 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2005-04-22
2005-04-22 02:41 | User Profile
Hollywood Advances 'Soft Assault' On Christian Imagery
[url]http://www.jewishtribalreview.org/campbell11.htm[/url]
2005-04-22 07:54 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Franco]Hollywood Advances 'Soft Assault' On Christian Imagery
[url]http://www.jewishtribalreview.org/campbell11.htm[/url]
----------[/QUOTE]
Plain Truth: You refer to the entertainment world as this "appalling but amazing industry." Do you hold out some hope for Hollywood?
Michael Medved: It is most shocking that two films--Cry, the Beloved Country and Dead Man Walking--are profoundly religious. Susan Sarandon's Academy Award-winning performance as a nun is the strongest portrayal of that role since The Sound of Music.
Cry, the Beloved Country is about reconciliation in South Africa. Dead Man Walking offers a\ balance to the pro-capital punishment argument. Now, when there are heroic priest figures in the movies--such as the film City of Joy--they are usually excised. It is encouraging to see people pray in a movie.
Q. Is this countertrend a result of Hollywood producers and actors taking more serious stock of their own lives?
A. The basic thing is this huge and profound national shift back to traditional values, centering especially on the family. [B]It is so meaningful it is even infecting Hollywood.[/B] [URL=http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/michael_medved.htm]Michael Medved - A Hollywood Jesus Interview[/URL]
Michael Medved disagrees with you Franco. Are you surprised? :wink:
2005-04-22 11:25 | User Profile
"To no one's surprise, Bob and Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films declined to distribute Gibson's "The Passion", in no small part because it offended many Jews and was accused of stoking the "eternal flames" of anti-Semitism. On the other hand, the Weinstein brothers did distribute "Sin City" as well as Michael Mooreùs much ballyhooed "Fahrenheit 9/11". Why? Both films respected the unwritten kosher code: vilification of Arab and/or Christians is acceptable, but one must never --- even in the context of analyzing terrorism or U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East--- demonize Israel or Zionism.
Indeed, in "Fahrenheit 9/11", Michael Moore's controversial "expose" actually managed to keep Israel, Zionism (and even neo-conservatism) completely off the cinematic radar. Moore did provide acceptable doses of Saudi-bashing as well as enough innuendo to bolster the Leftist, politically correct view that U.S. Mid East policies are "ALL about oil". He's been the darling of liberal Hollywood circles ever since"
2005-04-22 11:28 | User Profile
"Although reportedly less than 3% of our population, Jewish per capita income is unsurpassed, as is their presence at our nation's top universities and think tanks. As noted, American Jews make up a majority of Hollywood's ruling class and beyond that, Jewish "over-representation" is an accomplished fact in law, journalism, and publishing. This is no small matter. With the average American watching over four hours of TV or film every day (and perusing mainstream newspapers and magazines, too) these figures are evidence of a profound ethnic imbalance in the management and dissemination of news and information. For America's Jewish community, this translates into unrivaled political power. "
2005-04-22 11:30 | User Profile
"A balanced, accurate view of history matters, yet when the facts donùt fit, the media gatekeepers can purposefully misinterpret, obfuscate or simply overlook them. This may explain why, for instance, there is so little media interest in the annihilation of 20 million anti-Bolshevik Russians preceding WWII. After all, 20 million Russians KILLED BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT is the all-time tsunami of war crimes. Who were the perpetrators? Where are they now? Did they receive American cover? Do they still?
In addition, the average American simply knows nothing about the 'over-representedââ¬â¢ Jewish role in Communism's insidious rise. This too is no accident. "