Tinseltown's Ideological Embrace

January 17, 2006  —Michael Medved The list of top movie money-makers for 2005 exposes enduring misunderstandings about American entertainment. Among the 15 most popular films, only one--number five, "Weddings Crashers"--was rated "R," and none of them was even vaguely controversial. The biggest blockbusters--"Star Wars," "Harry Potter" and "Narnia,"--hardly explored edgy approaches to sex or politics. Meanwhile, the different list of top Oscar contenders is dominated by adults-only, controversial fare, with "Brokeback Mountain," "Munich," "Syriana," "Good Night and Good Luck," "Capote," and "Transamerica" leading the way. The movie establishment honors precisely those releases that fail to connect with a mainstream audience: edgy message movies from a liberal perspective. So it's high time to drop the stupid myth that says "Hollywood cares only about the financial bottom line." Ideology is important in Tinseltown--and invariably that means leftist ideology. Michael Medved is the host of The Michael Medved Show. Michael Medved is the author of Right Turns: Unconventional Lessons from a Controversial Life.

 

 

 

 

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