printI’ve always shied away from calls to boycott an entire industry; it sounds so, well, stupid. Now I see no other way with the Hollywood cretins. Watch the latest antics from the nation’s prime pea brains:
The evidence is in. Activism has now replaced acting, and sermons have supplanted stories. I don’t know about you, but given my own intelligence, I refuse to be lectured by “tards.” Unless these cerebrally compromised egotists can promise me a GOOD STORY sans politics—I do not patronize their “art.”
And while I’m at it: Theirs is not art. Idiots; you are nothing more than public entertainers; glorified circus animals, show critters. Amuse me–make me think less about my daily political reality—or f-ck off.
There are some superb, new TV series that showcase the best of entertainment: strong acting, no abreacting; fabulous, apolitcal scripts. “Justified” is one. “Flashpoint” is another.
“Law and Order” in all its permutations sports PC elements, as does “CSI.” But generally, these excellent series offer kick-ass scripts and actors. Give me a good narrative. But I will not tolerate some prancing, decked-up, self-styled Goth twenty-something (allegedly) inserting herself into the story, and selling what goes, in these sorry days, for “originality” and “individuality.”
Other than the ladies who always offer up their cleavages in the interrogation room, and everywhere else (you want respect when you go into a situation boobs first? Not from me, bubbles), “Law & Order,” “CSI” (but not NCSI) and “Criminal Minds,” especially,—are all top-notch productions.
Vote for such quality with your time and money; withdraw your vote from the rest.
UPDATE I: MORATORIUM ON MINDLESSNESS, please. In what is high-level deception, the administration co-opoted and doctored scientific opinion rendered in the matter of the so-called moratorium.
Via KansasCity.com:
“A group of engineers and oil experts said Friday that the Interior Department changed the language of a high-profile oil spill report after they’d signed it, falsely signaling their support for a drilling moratorium that they thought went too far.
The new language called for a stronger and wider moratorium on some oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico than the experts thought necessary. In fact, one said Friday, the stronger moratorium might instead increase the risks slightly.” …
UPDATE II (June 14): PHILOSOPHER KINGS. What, you may ask, is entertainer Gloria Estefan doing at the “Merage Foundation for the American Dream and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars’ National Leadership Awards Gala held at the National Press Club”? Carrying forth against the Arizona immigration-enforcement law, of course. Boycott the bitch.
“Gunsmoke” and “Have Gun, Will Travel” still play on TV in re-runs. They exemplify and age and a genre where there was a story and a moral to it.
I don’t even have TV, there’s not enough there to “justify” the expense. It’s too painful watching dolts pretend they’re smart. Suspending reality becomes impossible. Certain actors like George Clooney will never get my money because not only do they specialize in preachy trash, they also do bad movies.
Love Justified so I’ll check out Flashpoint. Thanks for the heads up.
Ilana, I recommend the films of Jason Reitman, a self-proclaimed libertarian. Juno is overrated, but “Thank You for Smoking” and “Up in the Air” are solid, touching films.
These days I get all my entertainment from the web. At one stage I quite enjoyed Bollywood too. Just simply can’t stand Hollywood anymore.
Interestingly, the “Flotilla Choir” video released earlier this week is now unavailable on the internet due to a copyright claim. You can click the YouTube link to see the details on this subject.
But Have no Fear! Politically correct statements by “doofusses” such as Robert Redford are in abundance, so we all may be “entertained” for the near future!
(Echoing some others: I do not watch series television, and haven’t for quite some time.)
I’m embarrassed as an American that these Hollywood dimwits are seen and heard all over the world. They do not represent me in any way shape or form.
Good tidings: thanks to his divorce, Sean Penn now has more time to devote to activism.
I was for 20 years in a relationship with Robin and 18 years with children. I didn’t have time to commit to anything—for real—in places like Iraq, except to denounce the war. But now I’m single. I can lend a hand.
I have a DVR so I can watch Law and Order reruns, some Highway to Heaven, Judge Napolitano’s Freedom Watch, and store some good old movies like Les Miserables, Tale of Two Cities, etc. – To depend on Live TV is an exercise in futility.
I too am an old fogey who only enjoys good movies. We all knew hollywood and it’s denizens were a bunch of social freaks but at least they had the good judgement to keep most of it out of the movies. Now that the the viewing audiences are a mind-numbed bunch of dolts, the dolts who make the movies don’t try to hide their “doltishness”. What is interesting is they think they are mainstream and the rest of us boobs are out of step. I miss Roy Rogers.
For the most part, I find your blog invaluable. I would have preferred, however, to spend the rest of my life blissfully unaware of Robert Redford’s pronouncements on the Gulf oil spill. Megyn Kelly is hot, though.
“Law and Order” will rot your brain. I attempted to watch it once; the PC sanctimoniousness made me gag. “CSI” seems far-fetched; it’s difficult to imagine any big city police force putting that much effort into any one murder. To my knowledge, the Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters” is the only worthwhile TV series extant.
“Movies with a message” (except for Idiocracy, of course) aren’t particularly entertaining, so I’ve ignored most of the films released since 1990 or thereabouts. No one’s made a decent Western since the Duke died. Neo-noir, some comedies, and zombie flicks seem to be the only current Hollywood products untainted by leftist propaganda.