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In the land of media moguls, stars, and hangers on, most seem to sway towards wanting to get President Bush out of the White House. The Times looks at how recent television shows have criticized Bush. Of course, the best example is from Law & Order:
One of the wise-cracking detectives on the NBC show "Law & Order," played by Jesse L. Martin, referred to the president as the "dude that lied to us." The character went on to say, "I don't see any weapons of mass destruction, do you?" His cantankerous partner, played by Jerry Orbach, retorted that Saddam Hussein did have such weapons because the president's "daddy" sold them to a certain someone "who used to live in Baghdad."Dick Wolf released a statement saying, "Virtually everyone who lives in the lower 48 states at one time or another has been offended by `Law & Order.'" That's true - having Fred Thompson as the D.A. certainly offends some people. (And nice work on just talking continental U.S., Dick.)
Other examples noted are Whoopi getting mad at the President for using the bathroom at her hotel and Larry David's would-be affair being halted on Curb Your Enthusiasm because the woman had a framed picture of Bush, which was a classic moment. Let's face it, any framed pictures of a politican, of any party, without your date in the picture, is almost grounds for being a dating dealbreaker. Or at least, this is what Gothamist experienced when someone saw our Dennis Kucinich glamour shot displayed prominently in the home.
Can't wait for the comments to be filled with "Hollywood is so liberal" blah blah blah!
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"Hollywood is so liberal" blah blah blah!
of course, since wolf only addresses the lower 48, he's now made everyone mad.
Yeah, I love the "hollywood is so liberal" bs.
Uhh, which party was it that ran a Hollywood actor for President ????
Which party most recently ran actor for governor of California?
WHich party embraces Hollywoods version of the last moments of Christ as if the film were another gospel?
To borrow and Sterling's argument from a different post, maybe the majority of hollywood actors are liberal, but the influential actors, the ones who actually wield power in this country's political sphere have been/are Republicans so it really is more correct to say that Hollywood is Republican.
I think Hollywood may mirror other artistic communities...the music industry, theatre, etc. The "creative types" may be more Left-leaning and liberal in their social attitudes, while the "suits" may be more Right-leaning and conservative. The large corporations---Viacom, General Electric, Time Warner---that produce entertainment "product" will ultimately do what's necessary to protect their interests. "Network" illustrates these tensions and seems as applicable today as it was 20+ years ago.
Fine. When you start seeing Joey Tribiani break a date because a woman's a Deaniac or some other leftist subhuman, then you'll have a point. As long as it's one-sided, you don't.
Hollywood's crawling with insecure chameleons seeking popularity. That's why the place is soooo lib-rul.
Yeah, yeah, yeah...we can all name the four or five actors in Hollywood who are conservative so therefore Hollywood isn't conservative. You know what, I'll trade all your liberal actors, studio execs and hanger ons for Pat Sajack, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson and Ben Stein...yeah, your right, Hollywood isn't liberal after all!
Honey, which argument of mine are you borrowing?
Hollywood's left-leaning because it's filled with self-important, vain, over-praised people who don't have to worry about real-life concerns like balancing a checkbook or taking out the trash. They live in a dream world, and they have are poorly informed as to how the real world really works. (Poorly informed people people tend to drift left, regardless of social status.)
You'll note that the Democrats get a much higher proportion of their money from $1000/plate ballroom fundraisers than the Republicans. The RNC relies on a significantly larger contributor base. According to an interview Ed Gillespie gave last June with Judy Woodruff, at that time the average dollar amount among first-time GOP contributors was less than $30, but there were more than 900,000 new contributors. (That covered the period from Jan 2001 through June 2003.)
The GOP is backed by real working people, the Democrats by the glitterati. Without support from the media and entertainment industries, the Democrats would be even worse off than they already are. And thanks to Fox News, Mel Gibson, etc, conservatives are making inroads in those industries. It's just a matter of time.
Real working people supported by a tax-and-spend-and-cut-taxes-for-our-corporate-friends Republicans?
Real working people over in India?
Real working people making back-door energy deals which wipe out employee retirement benefits?
Real working people with a no-bid no-fault contract handed to them to rebuild a happy foregin nation full of real working people?
In today's America, the Republicans are the elitist party, much like that of the Roman guard in the last days of that empire. Look at how arrogant they are now that they have the appointed president in office. They seek to destory our Constitutional rights in a way that would make Joseph Stalin proud. The Democrats, while on the surface they seem to be elite, are the standard-bearer for protecting the rights of the little guy. It is usually Republicans who are unapproachable, snobby and fake. It is sad that the elite right-wing media types continue to construe a wrong picture of how things really are in society today.