Hollywood's poison factory: the movies' twisted image.
USA Today Magazine › Vol. 122 Nbr. 2580, September 1993
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Motion pictures too often focus on themes that insult the values of most American, themes are anti-religious, anti-family, anti-America and filled with violence. Moviegoers can promote corporate responsibility by demanding more wholesome films.
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Hollywood's poison factory: the movies' twisted image.
America's long-running romance with Hollywood is over. For millions of people, the entertainment industry no longer represents a source of enchantment, magical fantasy, uplift, or even harmless diversion. Popular culture is viewed now as an implacable enemy, a threat to their basic values and a menace to the raising of their children. The Hollywood dream factory has become the poison factory.
This disenchantment is reflected in poll after poll. An Associated Press Media General survey released in 1990 showed that 80% of Americans objected to the amount of foul language in motion pictures, 82% to the amount of violence, 72% to the amount of explicit sexuality, and, by a ratio of three-to-one, felt that movies today are worse than ever. In reality, you don't need polls or surveys to understand what is going on. When was the last time you heard someone say, "You know, by golly, movies today are better than ever!" Only Jack Valenti, the head of the Motion Picture Association of America, can make such statements with a straight face. There is a general recognition even among those Americans who still like to go to movies that their quality has declined. This has beg...See the full content of this document
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