RT> VERN HUMPHREY wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

 RJT>DN>> I believe Hollywood has enormous credibility as a purveyor of
 RJT>DN>> propaganda.

 RJT>> The phrase "purveyor of propaganda" suggests that they are the
 RJT>> mechanism and that somebody else is providing the content,  or
 RJT>> setting the agenda,  or whatever.  This may be the case,  but if
 RJT>> so I'm not real sure as to where it's coming from and as to how
 RJT>> whoever's doing it is managing to set that agenda It also seems
 RJT>> like the "news" media have almost the same agenda,
or at least are
 RJT>> on the same end of the political spectrum for the most part.

 VH>> It's coming from Hollywood, itself.

 RT> You really think so?

I for one, being semi-on the inside, /knnow so/ .....

 VH>> There is an ultra-liberal clique running the place, and that
 VH>> slants everything they do.

 RT> That makes me wonder how few the hands are that determine that agenda.
 RT> And when it changed,  there used to be some decent content,  way back
 RT> when...

 VH>> That's why you see an anti-NRA poster inside a police station in a
 VH> VH>> scene from "Lethal Weapon," and in many movies on the
 VH>> Military, the Military as an institution and its leaders are shown
 VH>> in a very bad light.

 RT> Yeah,  rigid,  extreme right-wing,  etc.  I had such a perception of
 RT> the military years ago,  these days I know better.

 VH>> Have you considered the irony in a flick like "Lethal Weapon"
 VH>> being anti-gun?  People who make millions of dollars glorifying
 VH>> violence blame the NRA for the problem?

 RT> Yeah,  I've seen that topic surface from time to time.  The stuff they
 RT> do really gets me,  and how they do it.  Like the way the
"hero" can
 RT> run away from something happening fast enough to stay ahead of the
 RT> flame/explosion front, dodge bullets,  and similar nonsense.

Some of it's subtle, some not.. the assault on the military/government as
being evil for one thing, the example that anyone that has a gun is
/dangerous/ to the peaceful public and irresponsible for another, and at the
same time the thought that "socialism" disguised as "we have
to /do/ something
about {put problem here} and it's the responsibilty of the government because
we're too /helpless/ for another..

Which is why, even though I'm in the business, I don't watch tv or many
movies..

It's more fun with you guys....



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