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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: 78th Annual Academy Awards
« on: March 8, 2006, 10:50 PM »
Ron Silver showed up on the 'right' after 9/11. Hawkish on terrorism is all I know of him being conservative.
Sure there are lots of conservative celebrities. But ton's more liberal ones. It is almost the nature of celebrity. My point was get off the idea that liberal hollywood = the actors are libs. They are not the one's 'pushing a liberal agenda.' These are the people funding and pulling the strings as to what movies and TV shows are created. Actors read the lines given to them. Yes, they can pick and choose which projects to do, but they are generally NOT the reason for the project. Hollywood used to be a conservative institution, it is not anymore.
Anyway, my main point is most politically vocal celebrities are pulling for liberal causes; way more than half. And it doesn't matter. If an actor does something I don't like, politically or otherwise, I can choose not to give them my money. Celebrity does not equal intelligent, and I'll not base my life on what a celeb decides to support.
As to the awards, they aren't of much value to me either. Near all the movies that won are not ones I'd ever even consider watching. I'd have to dredge up some feeling for the awards to be sad that ROTS got totally snubbed.
Sure there are lots of conservative celebrities. But ton's more liberal ones. It is almost the nature of celebrity. My point was get off the idea that liberal hollywood = the actors are libs. They are not the one's 'pushing a liberal agenda.' These are the people funding and pulling the strings as to what movies and TV shows are created. Actors read the lines given to them. Yes, they can pick and choose which projects to do, but they are generally NOT the reason for the project. Hollywood used to be a conservative institution, it is not anymore.
Anyway, my main point is most politically vocal celebrities are pulling for liberal causes; way more than half. And it doesn't matter. If an actor does something I don't like, politically or otherwise, I can choose not to give them my money. Celebrity does not equal intelligent, and I'll not base my life on what a celeb decides to support.
As to the awards, they aren't of much value to me either. Near all the movies that won are not ones I'd ever even consider watching. I'd have to dredge up some feeling for the awards to be sad that ROTS got totally snubbed.