> Blade wrote:
>>> On Aug 21, 8:49 pm, Farix
hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> \>>>> Right now, most of the Hollywood left are ready to run David
>>>> Zucker, the one responsible for most of those movies, out of town
>>>> because of his latest film, An American Carol, which satirizes
>>>> Michael Moore. Farix
>>
>> Uh-huh. You know, you ever tried reading from 'news' sources that do
>> not have a blatant agenda? If there is any upset about Zucker's work,
>> it's not because of the concept of satirising someone the left is
>> itself divided about.
>>
>> Jesus, like anyone significant in Hollywood would care about
>> parodying Moore on general principle. Matt Stone and Trey Parker (two
>> known conservatives) did that already, and they still seem to remain
>> non-tarred-and-feathered.
>
> That's because, frankly, they never do anything interesting. And they're
> not so much conservatives, but anti-left (which should be close enough in
> my book, but I still can't get look past their lack of any quality,
> whatsoever).
Fair point, I actually think they self-identify as libertarians. No comment
on that, no matter how many jump to mind. ;p
> That being said, Hollywood does have a left-wing bias. Sure, you can pick
> out some right-wingers, and for each of those, I can give you five
> leftists. That's fine. That's just the way life is. Just like the
> military has a right-wing bias. What I don't understand is all the
> obsession with everybody trying to deny the bias. It is what it is. The
> left took over a market segment. Good for it. Now let's all move on.
Oh, of course I wouldn't argue that. The arts in general have a left-wing
bias for reasons that aren't too hard to determine. However, saying that
Hollywood would give a crap about parodying Michael Moore just because
they're leftists is stupid. Leftists parody themselves all the time, and
Zucker would hardly be the first to take a shot at Moore. Assuming that the
left is some monolithic block who takes things Very Seriously is just silly.
They aren't, and they most assuredly don't. If there is any outrage about
Zucker's product, it would be for a more specific reason (y'know, aside from
the fact he writes terrible, terrible movies).
And swallowing news wholesale from Pajamasmedia is like swallowing it from
MoveOn.org (who Jon Stewart took a very memorable shot at when he
congratulated them for "10 years of making even people who agree with you
cringe"). It's certainly true it's not likely to challenge what you'd like
to think, but it's not too useful for actually finding out what really
happens in the world. A bunch of openly biased bloggers does not a news site
make.
-
Blade
