print“Hollywood no longer offers entertainment. Instead, activism has replaced acting, and sermons have supplanted stories. Instead of a good yarn, you get a yawn. To fully appreciate what afflicts Hollywood—and the presidency, the academy, and the media—watch ‘Idiocracy.’ The film is a product of Mike Judge’s genius (Beavis and Butthead, anyone?), and was backed and then spiked by the idiots at 20th Century Fox. It is easily one of the smartest and darkest satires…”
Read the rest in “2 Movie Gems Amid A Lot Of Hollywood Hooey.”
Update: With respect to Prof. Benaroya’s points in the Comments Section: There have always been more stupid than smart people. However, PC, populism, egalitarianism, anti-intellectualism, mass immigration of the poor and uneducated, coupled with affirmative action—these have combined to catapult the congenitally stupid into power. The worst are in control of intellectual and political life, as well as the media.