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| Poll: Hollywood against US moral values |
| 2008-11-18 |
| The majority of Americans believe Hollywood goes against their religious and moral values, a Marttila Communications Group poll finds. Commissioned by Anti-Defamation League, the 'American Attitudes on Religion, Moral Values and Hollywood' poll surveyed 1,000 adults throughout the US. The results showed that 61% of the participants believe religious values are 'under attack' in America and 59% agreed that 'the people running TV networks and major movie studios do not share the religious and moral values of most Americans'. "The belief that religion is under attack underlies the drive to incorporate more religion into American public life. Disturbingly, 43% of Americans believe there is an organized campaign by Hollywood and the national media to weaken the influence of religious values in this country," said ADL national director, Abraham H. Foxman. Nearly 40% of Americans agree that 'dangerous ideas should be banned from public school libraries,' and about the same number do not believe that 'censoring books is an old-fashioned idea.' Some 49% believe that the United States is becoming 'too tolerant in its acceptance of different ideas and lifestyles.' |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 I can't speak to teenagers in general, but both trailing daughter #2 and formerly temporary daughter prefer to stay home and watch videos or otherwise cocoon, because going to the movies is too expensive for the value. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-11-18 22:27 |
| #12 but what about Valkyrie w/Tom Cruise as a German patriot wearing an eye patch and trying to kill Hitler?? Hahaha, that trailer looks like something from a SNL skit... |
| Posted by: Zenobia Ebbomose aka Broadhead6 2008-11-18 21:16 |
| #11 check out Appaloosa? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-18 19:37 |
| #10 They still make Movies in Hollywood? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-11-18 19:31 |
| #9 I prefer my Gramscian damage to come with a Japanese soundtrack & limited animation. The ironic distancing of subtitles makes it feel more like anthropology than a night at the movies. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-11-18 15:42 |
| #8 I only watch pr0n, this way, hollywood can't reach me and damage my moral values. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-11-18 14:09 |
| #7 Hell, if you're so inclined, you don't even have to wait till the stupid things come out on Netflix to watch 'em if you're not too picky about screen quality. There's plenty of sites on the net to choose from. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-11-18 12:37 |
| #6 There are no dangerous ideas, only dangerous people. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-11-18 11:37 |
| #5 HOLLYWOOD: "Oh no, they're on to us"! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-11-18 10:06 |
| #4 Proc, Howard Veit has been saying exactly the same thing you did for years. He knows that business (movies) and says they're getting worse financially and morally with every passing year. He also is calling the end of Hollyweird and its replacement by video games. It can't come soon enough for me. The last movie I saw was "300." It was pretty good for a comic book. I think the last before that was LOTR 2. They make damned little there I'm willing to see and the more expensive it gets to see them, the less willing I am to support them. It's already a PITA to go to a movie theatre because of the rude behavior of many of the patrons, so there's almost no incentive to go. If there ever arises another even roughly equivalent dating locale, movie theatres are toast. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-11-18 08:27 |
| #3 In the other medium which is still growing, Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare racked up one nice ROI. Guess the media moguls are incapable of taking a hint. Of course they'll turn some crappy products out based upon vid games [showing a total lack of any skill or understanding of the product or audience]. They just can't tell stories anymore from within the LA bowl like they used to. Fortunately, in one, two or three more computer generations, we won't need Hollyweird. Hollyweird meet GM. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-11-18 08:12 |
| #2 the American market votes with their wallets. Check out all the anti-Iraq war ticket sales. All sucked. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-18 07:57 |
| #1 It's a meaningless poll. Unless they have follow up questions specifying the "dangerous" idea. And if Hollywood followed mainstream morality it wouldn't be very interesting. Why the hell is the ADL commissioning this poll? |
| Posted by: Penguin 2008-11-18 02:22 |