A Further Perspective
Hollywood’s Other Blind Side
An abiding belief in white Republican sin.
Hooray for Hollywood. Not only did a story of American military heroes win the Academy Award for Best Picture (The Hurt Locker) but Best Actress was awarded for the portrayal of a conservative Mom from Ole Miss!
Author and screenwriter Roger Simon asks if 2010 marks the end of Liberal Hollywood. Hope so — but there’s a long way to go. For example, take Sandra Bullock and Leigh Anne Tuohy. Leigh Anne is the real life heroine of The Blind Side, a true story about the adoption and nurturing of a homeless black teen by an established family in Memphis, Tennessee. Leigh Anne is the mother who makes it all happen and Sandra captured her character perfectly. Not to let it go at that, the actress seems fond of saying that Leigh Anne “scared” her. “Leigh Anne scared me from the minute she opened the door. I was sitting in a chair in her house with my little hands folded in my lap. I couldn’t say anything.” And just what frightened Sandra? Well, the Tuohys live “lives that we normally would never come in contact with.” Sandra worried about “how people use their faith in their religion as a banner and then they don’t do the right thing. It scared me because I’ve had experiences that haven’t been great. I don’t buy a lot of people who use that as their shield. …But now I have faith in those who say they represent a faith….I finally met people who walk the walk.” Keep in mind that a best-selling book had already told the story of Leigh Anne, her family and her adopted son and that this book spawned the movie and that Sandra had surely heard the story. Yet she still worried that she was about to run into some kind of phony — or maybe Tammy Bakker?
Alas, Sandra was not alone. The sins of the Tuohy family were prominently featured in every movie review. Consider:
Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy, a rich, white, loud-mouthed Christian Republican…couture conservative of the South living in a privileged world…a conservative Christian Republican…gun-toting Republican Christian whirlwind of philanthropic good…rich, white Ole Miss ex-cheerleader…tough Southern cookie…rich, white fairy god-parents…mama-tiger ferocity in designer duds…[her children attend] a tony private school…[and they have a] $10,000 couch…[and they are] openly and proudly Republican.
Got that? These people are White! And Rich! And Southern! And Christian! And not just Republican but openly and proudly Republican! Have they no shame?
Well, despite the Tuohy’s grievous shortcomings, Sandra seems to like the rich, white, Christian Republicans just fine and audiences loved the movie. And even though Tinsel Town’s establishment may not be on the verge of a conversion, we’ll take what we can get. So Hooray for Hollywood. It’s a start.
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Darin| 3.15.10 @ 7:01AM
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut. Hollywood hasn't given up it's disdain for conservative values. Yet every time they make such a movie, it is successful (brings in money to the film makers). Some think Hollywood is only interested in making money, but if that were true, there would be far more such movies.
MattZ| 3.18.10 @ 4:50PM
If Hollywood were *only* concerned about making money, then they woukd direct all of their efforts at catering to mindless conservatives who will buy just about anything. Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter would write screenplays and the number one picture in America would be called "Obama is a Kenyan Sociallist." It would pretty much be a scene right out of Idiocracy, given how many knee-jerk talk show hosts have best sellers.
MZ
Gerrit| 3.18.10 @ 9:58PM
Hey mattz;"Mindless conservatives will buy just
about anything"?? We ain't buying
the sewage that this liberal bunch of
LYING,TRAITOROUS PHONIES
are trying to shove down our throats.
And it is obvious that you are as
BRAIN-DEAD as your so-called"elite
idols"????Elite at what??They know
a lot about things that just aren't!!
Wasted educations being used against
AMERICA.Very noble! You and your
scumbag heros should be run out of
town on a rail!! You people are disgust-
ing!!
Nobammy bin Lyin| 3.20.10 @ 10:28PM
Funny how well it sells though huh? Look at conservative shows (or any other medium) ratings as opposed to liberal shows, books, radio, anything! Yep, Michael Moore has grossed what, 50 bucks on his last 25 conservative bashing, liberal looser crap "movies" he's churned out? Air America has done what? Oh yeah, vanished. MSNBC,CNN and NBC all put together can barely muster 1/3 the viewers of the likes of Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, etc most of the time and less than half of the viewers the rest of the time? And what's the name of of that liberal talk show? Oh, there aren't any! No wonder the Dums need 'fairness doctrine' legislation passed because unless it's mandated, no one wants to hear that silly nonsense. Even then they won't! Yes we will buy just about anything thats conservative because it's what we associate with, what we believe in and what we want. Besides, what's the alternative? your stuff? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
DL| 6.21.10 @ 5:56PM
...well, not really. We libs tend to think for ourselves and don't rely on trash spewed from the screaming heads of talk radio - from either end of the political spectrum. So, while you "buy it" and buy into it, we don't. So Sandra Bullock discovered there are sincere, conservative Christians. Wow. Too bad she's had to deal with the other kind.
milo| 3.22.10 @ 9:02PM
MattZ, I would pay to see the movie "Obama Is A Kenyan Socialist". I'll bet George Soros would produce it and Michael Moore would direct it. They could use Gibbons "The Rise and Fall of The Roman Empire" to adapt the screenplay.
GFR| 3.23.10 @ 1:55AM
That is an EXCELLENT idea MattZ - I think you are on to something. All of the people you mentioned can write better than the hacks that pass for "screenwriters" in Hollywood these days.
Unfortunately hollywood really doesn't care about making movies that sell well - there were at least 6 anti-war movies that went straight to video before: "The Hurt Locker" came along.
The other problem is that when Conservative fil-makers make movies about politicians the Federal Election Commission bans them from being shown.
The obvious solution is for the Conservatives to make movies and distribute them over the internet - that is how Beck, Coulter and Malkin became famous. The "drive by" media did everything they could to hide their talent - and their subject matter.
basur | 10.27.10 @ 6:22AM
Sweet, so, if Hawaii breaks away, can we then say Obama is not a citizen and kick his ass out of the white house?
Raymond28 | 3.23.11 @ 11:41AM
The Hurt Locker is the best movie of the last 3 years in my opinion.
@basur - I like your idea!
Seek| 11.16.12 @ 7:08PM
Every time someone here complains about Hollywood's "disdain" for conservatives, they can't seem to come up with a single example. That's the power of a straw-man meme: After a while, a lie, repeated enough times, takes on the appearnace of truth.
Poor White Christian | 3.15.10 @ 7:11AM
Hollywood and their ilk are so bigoted and stupid. Funny that Sandra Bullock would voice such reservations as she's a Southerner herself. But she did attend Chapel Hill, a liberal bastion.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 3.15.10 @ 7:19AM
Perfect example of how individuals, not political parties make a difference.
The Democratic Party has destroyed the black race by turning a majority of them into hapless government serfs, reaching out for their free cheese, and dooming many black males to a life of orange suited fashion models.
Now that would make a great Hollywood movie.
Bohemond| 3.18.10 @ 12:56PM
Actually, Precious is that movie, for any who care to look at it perceptively.
Gerrit| 3.18.10 @ 10:04PM
The domocrats were the ones that were respon-
ible for the shedding of black blood in the south.
Now they pay them not to work,destroy their self
respect and AMERICAN afrikkins still vote for
them!!Go figure.
Gerrit| 3.18.10 @ 10:25PM
2nd. reply to Bill Hussein O'Stalin.
People should read the article by:Roger Hedge-
cock.World Net Daily-June 21,2009.
"Democrats Soaked in Blood of Slavory"!
Too many people led around by their nose,to lazy
to find out the truth.It takes some brains to read and research history.Blacks still vote for them!
Real smart.
Cherie| 3.20.10 @ 3:50AM
I would call this Movie or better yet, documentery, "The Children the Village Raised" humm.. Perhaps even
do it myself.. it would be worth the stats alone to interview, Hillary's "It takes a Village" to interview the children the village raised as opposed to it takes a Mother and Father>? any feed back?
kestrel| 3.15.10 @ 7:39AM
Funny how Liberals never see themselves as the bigots they really are. However they continually point the finger at everyone else they don't understand and claim they are bigots. Must be all that intelligence they claim they have.
edward| 3.15.10 @ 7:53AM
I love Sandra Bullock, but she's from Northern Virginia, which is full of DC bureaucrats and liberals and isn't very southern at all. We tend to speak of "the real Virginia" and "Northern Virginia" as being two very separate entities. She was also heavily influenced by the European ideas of her German mother and lived in Nuremberg until she was 12. That being said, Ms Bullock doesn't make a practice of discussing her political and religious beliefs and I admire her for that.
She didn't attend UNC-Chapel Hill, either; she was a student at East Carolina in Greenville, NC.
Jim Kearney| 3.15.10 @ 8:27AM
As a New Yorker who has PLENTY liberal friends, I've heard the most ignorant bigoted comments against Christians, and (rednecks). They're so enlightened, they don't realize they're bigoted, but I always talk about the beautiful Christians who gave from their pockets, hearts, and body sweat, to help those in Ole Miss, and New Orleans after Katrina. CHRISTIANS were the backbone of every relief effort. I worked with Pat Robertson's group, Operation Blessing at a free medical clinic, and even brought one of my Liberal New Yawk Jewish friends with me to do massage at the clinic. She was also shocked at how, well, Christian they were. How nice, loving, and non judgmental they were. And how dedicated they were as a result of FAITH. They also LIVED their Faith and never tried to convert anyone. They just served.
And I want to give kudos to Sandra Bullock for quietly giving 1 million donation to the Red Cross after 9/11. I've heard nice things about her being down to earth, and genuinely sweet to people. Most of my liberal friends have never really met a Christian. They only see the caricatures that TV and movies portray. And truth be told, not all Christians act Christian, and Jesus had some things to say about that. But REAL Christians, are the salt of the earth. Thank God for them.
David Shoup| 3.15.10 @ 8:41AM
I apologize to point out that not all of us Southern, white, gun owning, Conservative Republicans are rich. I won't apologize to point out that we Southerners, black and white, are overrepresented per capita in the Armed Services. You Northern and West Coast Liberal Democrats are welcome.
David Shoup, Georgia Army National Guard, Kabul, Afghanistan
MikeBee| 3.15.10 @ 12:33PM
No, David!!!!! You don't want liberal Democrats in the military. They're afraid of guns, and also afraid of confrontation. And, they don't understand what it means to WIN a war; competition is bad, to liberals.
I'm quite happy with the fact that the military is unevenly represented by my friends in the South. These would by my same friends who know how to win wars, and who have created one of the world's largest economies today.
David Shoup| 3.15.10 @ 12:59PM
Mike, "welcome" is ambiguous. I meant that they were welcome for my service, not that they were welcome to join the Armed Services. You make an excellent point. :-) Our lower taxes and other costs have brought business to the South. Mercedes in Alabama and BMW in South Carolina, and Toyota in Tennessee did not need any federal hand out. I love the South!
MikeBee| 3.16.10 @ 12:28PM
David,
Thanks for the clarification.
Another example of the strong economy in the South: I find myself "in between jobs" right now, as I live in the socialist republic of Michigan. Most of the positions that I have found advertised today are in the South. Where jobs are considered, Michigan (high tax state for businesses) is a ghost town.
Walter T Jennings Sr| 3.18.10 @ 7:31PM
"David Shoup" is an honored name in my circles. I had the privilege of serving with General (Later Commandant) of the Marine Corps. By chance are you any relation? I, the career -professional military man, enjoy your views and thinking. Thank you for your service.
blupheonix| 3.18.10 @ 6:54PM
Man, you are so right!
But i'll tell you why. It's because of our liberal MOTHERS, raising us to be women with penises!!
"Don't fight, talk it out", "don't play in the dirt","let the bully have your lunch money" mentality....
The older I get, the more I see liberalism for what it truly is. Nothing more than social engineering... But it's not our fault man, blame hardcore feminism. I KNOW it screwed MY mother up, lol!
Gerrit| 3.18.10 @ 10:33PM
Liberal,marxist,socialists are GUTLESS,
sneaky,lying phonys who HATE AMERICA.
Everything they have belongs to AMERICA!Why?
Because they stole all the money they have with their shady,unconstitutional hidden deals with our
enemies.They are rectal sewage,all of em!!
Seek| 11.16.12 @ 7:09PM
Another semi-literate "conservative" who thinks he's got something to offer by exploding with epithets. You, sire, are an embarrassment.
Brian Mc| 3.15.10 @ 8:53AM
David,
God bless you and yours. I am grateful in Iowa.
Joan| 3.15.10 @ 10:09AM
I'll never forget my ex-mother-in-law from Iowa on a visit to Alabama where we live, telling us about a billboard that said Jesus is coming soon - she laughed out loud as she proclaimed that she thought he had already come...some just don't get it, others have no respect, and still others despise Christians and make fun....needless to say I wasn't laughing with her...the look on her face was priceless....
John | 1.3.11 @ 12:14PM
Lol that's funny!
cl| 3.15.10 @ 10:56AM
aren't most actors rich and white? is it better to be rich and black in hollywood? aren't the people wh o run hollywood rich and white? is it better to be rich and white and not from the south?
Sara| 3.15.10 @ 11:51AM
I was pulling for Sandra Bullock on Oscar night, but held out little hope that the Hollywood voters would honor her efforts in bringing such a pro-southern-religious-conservative story to the screen (I think she was also a producer).
The Blind Side disproves many benighted and bigoted liberal notions. I was stunned when her name was called. Good for her.
You are correct in pointing out that Sandra Bullock was not brought up in the south, and her mother was not southern. Her father, however, is very much a southern gentleman, in the tradition that includes honor, generosity, work ethic, education, and a thoughtful world view, all of which sort of reminds me of Sandra Bullock.
On the night of the Academy Awards ceremony, I was told, Mr. Bullock and some friends and family gathered at The Bright Star, a 100-year-old restaurant in Bessemer, Alabama, to watch the ceremony and, as it turned out, to celebrate. You can't get much more southern than that.
I'm not sure whether he was brought up in Alabama, but I know he's always had family here.
Trolleyfish| 3.15.10 @ 9:29PM
An award disproves nothing. It only means that more members of a very limited group selected her than any other nominee. Don't act like it's a vindication.
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Majito| 3.15.10 @ 1:06PM
so what makes the hollywoodians? let's see they are for the most part white, rich? u bet...maybe not all christians but sure there's a lot of jews in that crowd (and is not Jesus a jew??) and now they're southerners no? i mean SoCal still south no? or they see themselves as northerners? (like in north mexico) maybe over yonder south but it still south...and you'll be hard pressed no to see sandra's hubby as something other than a revel, that'll be at home at any redneck games (even with the halloween customs at night by the fire)...just look at this company logo...an iron cross...so these film types are a joke...they think they're somewhat very smart when they're just good dummy card readers...
Oldefarte| 3.15.10 @ 1:33PM
Nah, never happen. Hollywood has gotten worse, not better, with age. Remember when decent movies with interesting storylines were being produced for audiences averaging maybe 30? The last blockbuster movie that appealed to middle America was Titanic. Hollywood now craks out noting but moronic babble that only apeal to retarded 10 year olds [that is their audience/movie patrons; and these movies are cheaper and easier to produce than something a half-intelligent human would enjoy]!!!!!!
Seek| 11.16.12 @ 7:11PM
There is more creativity today in cinema than all the crap in your "golden age" put together. Go see a few movies with an open mind and you'll see how preposterous this anti-Hollywood straw man really is.
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Martins Pal| 3.15.10 @ 5:57PM
I don't see any of you complaining when Hollywood comes to film in Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, or Alabama. I worked on a film in Alabama a few years ago, Heaven's Fall, and I ran in to people who, for example, when a courthouse scene was filmed and a picture of Lincoln was removed because of glare/light problems, after the filming a woman asked if we could not put that picture back up because that Lincoln was such a terrible man. Most of the people weren't interested in voting for anyone that could help their economic well-being, they were more interested that gay people couldn't get married anywhere.
I will recommend that Hollywood stay in California so that the money and jobs will stay here instead of travelling to the south where it's so obviously not appreciated.
Oldefarte, there are just as many good movies being made today as there were bad ones made in yesteryear. It's only that people remember the good ones over time, they forget about the 200 each year no one wants to see again. What you reap, you sow, or what you look for, you find in other words.
And the sterotype that everyone in Hollywood is white and liberal is as bad as the steroetypes you think people have of the south. This is the community that wouldn't honor Brokeback Mountain with a Best Picture award and the city that voted to pass Proposition 8.
Maybe you wouldn't perceive everyone as persecuting white-southern-religious-Christians if you'd get a sense of humor and get over some of your sense of superiority. If Jesus came back to visit you I think he'd need more than Job's patience sometimes. If you want a glimpse of this notion, why don't you see the story of Jesus as told in the play Corpus Christi. Then see if your notions of Christian tolerance live up to your ideals.
The point is: I've loved the things I've experienced with Southern culture and the people I've known. By dissing everyone in Hollywood you are doing the same thing that you are despising others for doing to you. Wait, where've I heard that before? "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Is that it. Another old truism, practice what you preach.
Bohemond| 3.18.10 @ 1:00PM
"Most of the people weren't interested in voting for anyone that could help their economic well-being"
You mean, make our economies more like California's? No, thank you.
Eddie | 3.15.10 @ 7:38PM
Maybe they gave this movie an award just to appease those who have talked about the leftist mind set in Hollywood. Whatever, it is satisfying to see our military in a different light with no understory ruining the moment in this movie. I'm a Southerner as well and veteran. I have traveled the US and have always tried to connect with the locals no matter where I'm at. These stereotypes about us being cabin dwelling hillbillies here in Tennessee are as disgusting as the surfer dude image of the Californian guys. We need to get over it. God Bless our troops and giving them the boost they deserve so well. Just wish some of the movies made in the south had won more awards too.
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The last time this chew toy got thrown to the pack equity theatre on Broadway was in intensive care. Ticket prices in the statosphere left producers, companies and above all playwrights unable to make any money. The film world is likewise in the respect that having turned in on itself for so long, Hollywood now faces a situation not unlike the League of New York Theatres. Production costs aside; who is making films for a general audience with traditional tastes and values that doesn't get trashed by every critic besides Michael Medved? Also, the distribution system ruined the exhibitors with blind bidding on new releases and $12 to $25 seats with their take at
Trolleyfish| 3.15.10 @ 9:26PM
Hollywood is interested in making money. Period. There's nothing "liberal" or "conservative" about that. From their perspective, if a movie's going to get people in theaters, who cares about its supposed ideology?
Now, as an aside, for those complaining about Hollywood: if you don't like movies, don't watch them and stop whining about it and acting like poor, persecuted Christians. Stick with TBN.
Bohemond| 3.18.10 @ 1:02PM
Right. Yet Hollywood continues to churn out anti-war flop after flop after flop, notwithstanding the arterial spurts of red ink. Profit over politics? I don't think so.
Flit Andersen| 3.23.10 @ 10:38PM
The smoke had barely cleared from Hurt Locker before the H-Comms rushed "Green Zone" to the theaters; a pack of anti-American military lies that have become standard fare for the Looney Left.
They will lose a bundle on this bit of trash, but that never seems to bother them. I hardly ever go to the theaters anymore, and am rooting for H-wood to fail. Get the hell out!
It seems the losses are worth it to create the false legacy they prefer to the truth.
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Raymond Chandler | 3.23.11 @ 11:52AM
The Hurt Locker was really one of the best movie of the last 5 years. Refreshing to see a non liberal film for a change, compare the market mortgages. Hopefully this trend will continue in Hollywood for this year.
Roy| 3.15.10 @ 9:48PM
I find that people seem to be similar no matter their race,creed or religion.
I've known Christian Republicans who are the worst people in the world.
I've known Christian Republicans who are the best people in the world.
I've known bad blacks,whites,asians,liberals and conservatives.
I've known good blacks,whites,asians,liberals and conservatives.
I judge people day by day,event by event and update my data base continiously.
I give everyone a chance as an individual and go from there.
There are good people and there are bad people.
I try to hang out with the good people.
stmichrick| 3.15.10 @ 9:58PM
Trolleyfish
You are half right. It IS about the money.
Problem is, they could make a lot more if they addressed MOST of their potential audience. How else do you explain the pack of anti- Bush, anti-Iraq, anti-CIA bombs that they've produced in the last decade?
The stockholders of those entertainment conglomerates SHOULD be outraged at the missed opportunities.
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As usual, Martins Pal, you're totally clueless.
Please don't disappoint us all by writing a post that actually demonstrates intelligence and isn't based on your fantasies. As a notable rabbit was wont to say, "What a Maroon!".
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Sara| 3.16.10 @ 10:18AM
Trolleyfish, you're right. The award was just surprising. But you misunderstand. My point is that the movie, The Blind Side, contradicts some of Hollywood's unfortunate boilerplate notions about Southerners. Also, no one questions that Hollywood is in it for the money. Of course they are. But they are also in it for the influence they hope to have on opinions. Note please the constant drumbeat of Hollywood on global warming and evil corporations, especially in films for children.
Martins Pal, we aren't complaining.
Southerners, as a rule, appreciate and attend films made in the south. I'm confident enough in the hearts of my fellow southerners to trust that you and your film company were treated well during your visits to the south.
It isn't "dissing everyone in Hollywood" to recognize that Hollywood has persistently stereotyped southerners long past the time when shameful stereotypes of Native Americans, Blacks and Jews, and others were left behind. We don't call that persecution. We call it stupidity. And a cheap shot. Southerners forgive Hollywood over and over and welcome film companies to our states.
Regarding the woman who called Lincoln a "terrible person," I can only apologize. We do have our racists and homophobes and some odd eccentric lunatics. But no more than any other area of the country. It's just that folks come here looking for those types, keep looking till they find them, so they're rarely disappointed.
I've lived in Alabama for virtually all of my sixty-one years, and I've never heard Lincoln called a "terrible person." In fact, my white country Baptist grandmother, born in 1898, loved Lincoln above all other historic figures, treasured her volumes of Carl Sandburg's biography and read it many times. She was also crazy about FDR, disliked Huntley and Brinkley and loved Matt Dillon. And she was a stalwart proponent of organic gardening. Believe me. I could not make this up.
We, like individuals everywhere, are complex, unique human beings.
Yes. Let's all do unto others as we'd have them do unto us.
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Poor White Christian:
Remember what Senator Helms once said about Chapel Hill. The State built a big zoo in Asheboro, NC and regarding the effort he said, "Why are they building that zoo out in Asheboro. They could just put a fence around Chapel Hill." My wife is an '83 UNC grad and she agrees.
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Martin Pal| 3.16.10 @ 7:01PM
Shyster writes: "As usual, Martin Pal, you're totally clueless. Please don't disappoint us all by writing a post that actually demonstrates intelligence and isn't based on your fantasies. As a notable rabbit was wont to say, "What a Maroon!"."
I say: Huh? Thanks for that meaningless comment, basically saying I am making it all up. Who's really clueless here?
Sara, appreciated your comments.
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David Ben-Ariel | 3.18.10 @ 12:45PM
I hated the movie and chose to only endure a half hour of its liberal propaganda: all white people are wealthy/all black people are poor (boo hoo), shame on white people for not visiting the ghetto (why would they?); white people save blacks again... Why didn't they have a story with some wealthy black family picking up the kid and showing him not all black folk live in the ghetto and many rise above the projects?
Bohemond| 3.18.10 @ 1:04PM
Maybe because this particular story happened to be true?
Wally| 3.18.10 @ 1:39PM
"The Democratic Party has destroyed the black race by turning a majority of them into hapless government serfs, reaching out for their free cheese, and dooming many black males to a life of orange suited fashion models. "
Wow. I mean just wow. American Spectator: Do you like this vicious racism or do you just sort of tolerate it?
Karen | 3.18.10 @ 3:27PM
WOW! That's what I thought when I read your comment. I can never get used to disingenuous remarks like yours. Your comment serves no one. Why don’t you try thinking, instead of reacting? No, the poster is correct. Blacks have been used and there never was a concern for their welfare. Starting in the early 1900’s the Democratic Party has been the vehicle to remove freedoms and lead this country down the road to absolute control. We all had more freedom before Franklin D. Roosevelt. Nothing is ever free. The govt. knows that. Politicians know that. Why don’t you?
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GrassHopper| 3.18.10 @ 3:51PM
"I will recommend that Hollywood stay in California so that the money and jobs will stay here instead of travelling to the south where it's so obviously not appreciated."
Martin's Pal we don't mind the money, it's the garbage you HollyWeird freaks spin into gold that many people accross the country are sick of. Some of the movies are wonderful. Much of it is pure crap pandered to the lowest common denominator of intelligence.
I think the steriotype is less "white and liberal", and more elitist, sanctimonious, snobs, living in the little bubble you have created for yourself in the worlds most disfunctional community, and preaching your own brand of immorality to a population which, if you ever knew anything about, you have long forgotten.
Having said that, I still enjoy a good movie now and then.
TomM| 3.18.10 @ 5:06PM
Really, every review?
None of those phrases in the one from Claudia Puig in USA Today.
Not on philly.com
Not in the Boston Globe.
I went to RottenTomatoes.com where you can find a plethora of reviews and when I find the first 3 I look at not to have any of what the authour claims, I lose interest. Either Manon MacKinnon just made this up to fit a preconceived notion or she just figured something like this would go down well with the rubes, but I'm afraid she needs to get into another line of work.
Martin Pal| 3.18.10 @ 5:57PM
Grasshopper calls people living in Los Angeles:
"garbage peddlers"
"HollyWeird freaks"
"elitist"
"sanctimonious"
"snobs"
"living in the little bubble you have created for yourself"
"worlds most disfunctional community"
"preaching your own brand of immorality"
You don't know me, so stop being so ignorant. Aren't you doing the same thing that the author of this article has accused Hollywood of doing? Hollywood makes 3-400 movies a year not to mention countless hours of television--you can find whatever sentiments you want in any and all of it. You can do the same with politics and religion, literature, music and art.
All you are doing is generalizing.
Do you need a hug or something?
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GrassHopper| 3.18.10 @ 7:38PM
"All you are doing is generalizing. "
hmmm >>>
"I don't see any of you complaining when Hollywood comes to film in Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, or Alabama." (what "any of you" are you referring to?)
"Most of the people weren't interested in voting for anyone that could help their economic well-being, they were more interested that gay people couldn't get married anywhere." (again which "Most of the people" did you talk to ?? I'm sure you met us all when you were here that time....I just can't remember you telling you that...surely I did)
And the sterotype that everyone in Hollywood is white and liberal is as bad as the steroetypes you think people have of the south. (You were addressing Oldfarte, but he didn't mention stereotypes. Perhaps it was "all of us" you intended ??? )
This is the community that wouldn't honor Brokeback Mountain (As you well know we'all think collectively, but I didn't get the memo on that one. Thanks so much for keeping me updated.")
Maybe you wouldn't perceive everyone as persecuting white-southern-religious-Christians (sorry I just didn't see the part where Oldfarte mentioned persecution, or was it we'uns again ((it's so hard to keep up )))
Another old truism, practice what you preach. (Who's preaching, Oldefarte? oh, "all of us" again. Silly me)
"when a courthouse scene was filmed and a picture of Lincoln was removed because of glare/light problems, after the filming a woman asked if we could not put that picture back up because that Lincoln was such a terrible man. (A southerner doesn't like Lincoln, so we all don't? poop... now I have to re-think my position on that one too... ohhh groupthink is such a handfull. You never know who has changed your mind LOL)
Now what was the subject, again? Oh, right >>
"Generalization"
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Timkatt| 3.19.10 @ 9:14AM
Sourcing your quotes would be nice. The review you've quoted is a little rancid, it would be nice to know where it comes from, unless the author just made it up. I come looking for journalism, not editorial I get enough of that elsewhere.
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Martin Pal| 3.19.10 @ 3:45PM
Grasshopper, the "all of you" I was referring to were the people who posted on this article before I wrote. It was the intent of the article and also what many posters were agreeing with...that Hollywood was generalizing (and therefore demenaing) white southerners and then people who commented were generalizing all of Hollywood. The examples I mentioned were to show that, yes, some people have the opinions you think Hollywood likes to stereotype, the same way some Hollywood people are what you portrayed in your post. I was not generalizing everyone in the south and if you think so then you either, just want to confirm your personal opinion, or you misread it. If you read the last thing I originally posted:
"The point is: I've loved the things I've experienced with Southern culture and the people I've known. By dissing everyone in Hollywood you are doing the same thing that you are despising others for doing to you."
The fact that you inferred my comments to mean all people in the south is incorrect. I was referring to all the people who were commenting on this article and agreeing with it so emphatically. The comment to Oldefarte was just one paragraph about his stereotyping of current films. Why you connected it to mean everything I wrote after that, only you can say.
As for my statement that "Most of the people weren't interested in voting for anyone that could help their economic well-being, they were more interested that gay people couldn't get married anywhere," well, the election analysis for 2004 certainly bears that out in Alabama.
The tone of the article we are commenting on is that Hollywood stereotypes the south. The author cites anonymous reviews that support that notion, but as others have pointed out by actually reading reviews, this is not really the case. I am of the opinion that you can find OFFENSE almost anywhere you want to. It's easy to be offended and Lord knows there's a lot of it to find. But why spend the time on a useless emotion like being offended?
I have relatives in Texas and Virginia, friends in West Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida and Mississippi. I don't think more or less of any of them than I do of any of you posting comments here.
Jim Cap| 3.19.10 @ 8:44PM
Nah, I don't think so.
Hollywood is made up of a lot of highly intelligent, well read, well informed types.
They know that most conservatives are dumbshits with anti-American ideas. I suggest you get used to be disrespected by most people, unless they're selfish or stupid.
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They will lose a bundle on this bit of trash, but that never seems to bother them.
It seems the losses are worth it to create the false legacy they prefer to the truth.
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Mr NC Listings | 4.8.10 @ 12:11PM
well we can look at the movie as loosing money. but it is effective propagande/ marketing for the far left. hollywood is being paid to advertise for the left not to sell movies. how can they all be so filthy ritch if they keep loosing money?
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Some say that Europe should have a bit more of American "way of thinking".
This article demonstrate that this is not always true.
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They will lose a bundle on this bit of trash, but that never seems to bother them.
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Jack | 9.27.10 @ 6:50PM
Maybe they gave this movie an award just to appease those who have talked about the leftist mind set in Hollywood.
Rocelo A. | 9.30.10 @ 9:58AM
OMG! Hollywood give this movie an award? I oppose! I don't even hear anything about this movie somewhere or even here in our theaters that it will be in the "NEXT PICTURE". What a greediness mischief!
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I really enjoyed the hurt locker as I too was a jarhead...
Lisa Jones | 10.2.10 @ 6:15PM
I'm not entirely sure this movie deserves the criticism it gets!
Nick Hayward | 10.11.10 @ 9:29AM
I agree with Lisa Jones, I mean this films really isn't that bad! Why all the critisism?
Jerick | 10.26.10 @ 2:56AM
As it was in the old days, stage plays and dramas are tools that change society, it is where top secrets are told, criticisms are made, and many arts if isntilling hidden thoughts. Hollywood stirs the minds! It makes things interesting!
Monica | 11.2.10 @ 8:17AM
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yes agreeed, in the oldern days, the hollywood stars are much starring as in the acts rather than today's graphical displays which sucks at time..
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Collapse Survival | 12.31.10 @ 4:05PM
We're starting 2011, and Hollywood isn't any less liberal. Sarah Palin has just taught them the value of marketing to the right. They now they need to market to both parties to avoid economic collapse during this recession.
English Speaking | 1.3.11 @ 10:49PM
Id say hurt locker ranks as the best movie for me over the last 5 years.
Peter | 1.13.11 @ 10:30PM
Hmmm. I'm not sure I understand some of the comments here. But, Hurt Locker is still supposed to be a great movie.
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The Hurt Locker is my favorite movie of all time, I am so glad that we do not have to argue over a republican or democratic governement here in australia, our governement is run by a nitwit wranga at the moment who has just introduced a pathetic Carbon Tax which is suposed to cut our carbon reductions. Rubish..
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The hurt locker was really crazy and I can't understand why nobody wanted to see it for a 3rd time. I really enjoyed blind side tho, very interesting.
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I chanced upon the Hurt Locker on a day i had nothing else to do and I had not heard of the movie before... Watching it was an excellent experience since i didn't have any expectations whatsoever from the movie... Seeing it at the Oscars later was a pleasant experience...
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