Monday, March 06, 2006
"Corporate Thrillers" ala Marx
Even the much maligned FOX News (despised by leftists for being "too" conservative) has adopted some of the typical journalist/preacher jargon. In a current news item regarding this year's Oscar winners, George Clooney's terror sympathetic anti-U.S. caricature is described as an "oil industry thriller." The Constant Gardener (an anti-Pharmaceutical Company propaganda piece) is described as "another corporate thriller."
Of course, bashing business, corporations, capitalism (and usually the U.S. vicariously) is nothing new for Hollywood. Most villains found on the screen today are not Islamo-fascist terrorists are mass murdering idealist nutcases (how many films have been produced depicting Che Guevara's firing squads or Mao's purges?). No, the real evils out there in the world are the institutions that bring us life saving medicines or fuel for our camping trip travels and daily ride to work.
The world of film truly is a fantasy land.
I want to see a "socialist thriller," a true-to-life drama where elitist intellectuals impose their will on massive populations and slaughter millions in the pursuit of egalitarian "justice."
..."corporate thrillers." ...what utter nonsense.
Of course, bashing business, corporations, capitalism (and usually the U.S. vicariously) is nothing new for Hollywood. Most villains found on the screen today are not Islamo-fascist terrorists are mass murdering idealist nutcases (how many films have been produced depicting Che Guevara's firing squads or Mao's purges?). No, the real evils out there in the world are the institutions that bring us life saving medicines or fuel for our camping trip travels and daily ride to work.
The world of film truly is a fantasy land.
I want to see a "socialist thriller," a true-to-life drama where elitist intellectuals impose their will on massive populations and slaughter millions in the pursuit of egalitarian "justice."
..."corporate thrillers." ...what utter nonsense.
