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The Sunday Paper Defends Hollywood 1/9/2017 4:48:11 PM
The Los Angeles Times defends celebrities in it's Calendar The Sunday Paper
It's claimed we start losing memory around 50 and above like struggling for words to recall. I wish I could see 50 again—I don’t remember losing words that young! Nevertheless, I enjoy writing editorials as I once did for a specialized publication. Some editorials here will be about other people’s editorials and other spins appearing in the Sunday newspapers.
My newspaper is usually the Washington Post, but for the next six months it is the Los Angeles Times. I got my first letter to the editor printed there some 40 years ago.
If you’ve read any of my posts, you will have an inkling of who I voted for in the election. It wasn’t because I admired the man, but had no other choice. I was not about to vote for a woman my own age. After all I was forced to retire at 65, and here she is running for President! And with more scandal than the Hollywood celebrities who worship her. And I didn’t feel I could trust this person. My memory goes back a long way..
The Calendar section this week has enough material for twenty editorials or one sentence. It’s basically a defense of the entertainment industry.
Following the path of division and emotion, most urban newspapers remain obsessed with the Trump election. Every article in this section starts with Trump as an ominous presence and shock he got so far. The first article gives credit to films such as “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” which even I don’t remember. Similar family-type films may have influenced grandparents and parents. But movies still shape culture. Trump's raunchy talk would be nothing new in many films today nor would the behavior of previous presidents.
The next article points out the history of Hollywood’s dominance by white men and the hope for progress. Another article defends Hollywood by trotting out several old films about American workers. What recent ones in the last few decades will have a left spin. “Much of Bruce Springsteen’s playlist ruminates is accepting the working life…” But Springsteen is known for his liberal politics.
We are aware of Hollywood’s defense of immigrants and other groups. However, Muslims have been the target of films and television. That is until it became fashionable to be PC and celebrities took “a stand for morality.” The history LGBT in entertainment has been similar; once mocked and the target of jokes, celebrities now fall over themselves to embrace them—it’s the political thing to do.
Entertainment morality depends largely on what will sell. They have a different idea of morality. They have convinced secular culture that sex is a free for all, something to do on dates quite cut off from love. They’ve convinced us that sex really is dirty—something the most prudish of teachers of the past couldn’t do. While entitled and wealthy celebrities can afford such dalliances, the poor they influence cannot.
The elitists in entertainment are the most hypocritical in the nation. Most oppose the use of guns, yet promote guns and violence in films. I recognize this is a profile and not all entertainers can be stereotyped. But those using their position to disrupt the country are taking the spotlight. So far we haven’t heard anything factual but emotional exaggerations and trite phrases with no basis in reality as currently presented in real news.
