The Hollywood Spin Machine At Full Throttle

Now how is this for spin?

The wave of recent films set against the backdrop of war in Iraq and
post-9/11 security has failed to win over film-goers keen to escape
grim news headlines when they go to the movies, analysts say. In a
break with past convention, when films based on real conflicts were
made only years after the last shots were fired, several
politically-charged films have gone on release while America remains
embroiled in Iraq.

Almost without exception, however, the crop
of movies have struggled to turn a profit at the box-office and in many
cases have received a mauling from unimpressed critics as well. Veteran
television producer Steven Bochco, …. said it was hard to engage
audiences in a “hugely unpopular war.”

You see, all those movies which denigrated our soldiers, and our country, wasn’t shunned because they insulted us.  No, they were shunned because the war is so unpopular.

Now that, my friends, is called SPIN!

Of course common sense would dictate that a Congress (11% approval rated Congress mind you) would have immediately voted to withdraw our troops if the war was SOOOOO unpopular right?

What these liberals don’t get is that the public is not shunning films about the Iraq war.  They are shunning films that denigrate America and its fighting men. There are dozens of books out now about the heroics of our soldiers over there, Hollywood hasn’t paid attention to one of them.  They flock to any Jessie Macbeth they come across while ignoring the real heroes, and then they can’t figure out why no one wants to see there POS movies. 

Americans are not idiots.  The Europeans may spew that kind of rhetoric as they try to douse the flames from burning cars, but in the end we all know Hollywood is fighting on the liberal front
AGAINST the War On Terror.  It would take real
courage from people in Hollywood to make a movie exalting American Values, courage we all know they don’t have anymore.

Curt

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