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| Hollywood too timid for the war on terror? |
| 2007-01-28 |
| I recently attended "FBI 101," a G-man seminar for Hollywood writers. I do this kind of thing a lot: law enforcement seminars, ride-alongs, citizen academies and the like. It's a simple deal. The writers get information and research contacts; the lawdogs get a fighting chance at being portrayed realistically and maybe, on occasion, even sympathetically. Now, in my case, the federales were preaching to the converted. Any agency with a record of battling gangsters, communists and dirty pols can show up as good guys in my work anytime. And never mind just their record. Since 9/11 — chastened by blunders from within and above — the FBI has reinvented itself as a thin gray line against Islamic terrorism. Pulling 16-hour days, volunteering for repeated tours of duty at FBI outposts in the Middle East, constantly aware that their failures will be remembered when their successes are forgotten, the G-people are clearly heroes. But if they're hoping that their seminar will win them props from filmmakers in general — a picture or two celebrating their courageous work in the war on terror — I suspect they are going to be disappointed. In the history of our time as told by the movies, the war on terror largely does not exist. Which is passing strange, you know. Because the war on terror is the history of our time. The outcome of our battle against the demographic, political and military upsurge of a hateful theology and its oppressive political vision will determine the fate of freedom in this century. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #10 Compare Jane Fonda and Sean Penn with Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable and many others of the WWII era. Today's Hollywood with the exception of a few are downright traitorous. Is there a single Hollywood star serving in the military today? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-01-28 22:05 |
| #9 Hollywood too timid There - fixed that for ya'. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-28 14:32 |
| #8 We have to make the enemy fear us more than they fear the islamists. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-28 12:01 |
| #7 Hollywood is mostly rooting for the other side Spot on!! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-01-28 11:31 |
| #6 Kudos to the LA Times for letting this op ed into their paper. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-01-28 09:32 |
| #5 Hollywood will rush a film into production just as soon as the producers are assured the USA has lost the war in Iraq. The film will portray a wide ranging cast of characters as the heros of the story: anti-war Dems in a leading role; a supporting role played by anti war Pubs; the MSM for it's never wavering role of 24/7/365 defeatism; and key parts will be played by the likes of Tim Robbins, Susan Saradon, Sean Penn, George Clooney, Jane Fonda. Cameo appearances by Cindy Sheehan, John Kerry, John Murtha, Chuck Hagel. OTOH: Should we win the war in Iraq the only movie we'll get will be about Abu Gurab. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2007-01-28 09:14 |
| #4 Hollyweird is able to live off their past largely from the constant flow of income generated by buying your Congress to extend copyright from the original of around 30 years to nearly a hundred by the recent Sonny Bono Copyright Act. Like a lot of stuff it was done in the name of the 'artists'. In reality, the industry plied both sides of the political aisle with 'campaign' contributions to get this turkey in stealing public domain and giving it to multi-billion dollar corporations. Our founding fathers abhorred the Royal Patents which granted families with inheritable authority to tax products and services. While recognizing the need to innovate and create, they specifically set a limit to the practice giving a reasonable time to recover or enrich the individual originator of the idea. That has all been betrayed. Now you see a consequence of altering the environment, they don't have to work for their fare. They can ignore market pressures because they have created a mechanism of income which is not subject to popular consent. That's why you get drivel. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-01-28 09:12 |
| #3 I'm convinced those in Hollywierd who aren't buried deep in denial are shit-scared of what might happen if they DID do movies with Islamists as the villians... anything from CAIR seething and whining in the outer office, to actual physical violence directed against themselves or their property. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2007-01-28 09:04 |
| #2 Hollywood is mostly rooting for the other side, except for shows like 24. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-28 04:13 |
| #1 Yes they are! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-01-28 02:45 |