In Reply to: Really? posted by mkuller on July 18, 2017 at 15:24:54:
I reduxed 'When We Were Soldiers' the other night. I had not seen it since its first release in 2002. I realized this was not about the valor of VN and the first Air Cav battle but about bodies coming home from war. War was coming and Mel pitched in to warm us up to caskets and flags. In fact, the movie was rather shoddy as if thrown together in a hurry. These are the things film makers do to accommodate agendas.
The American film-goer has been pounded with all kinds of agenda messaging over the past decade that is beyond blatant. The most hapless victims of this process have been our youth. Our rudderless kids are being constantly blown off course and distracted with social agendas that encourage convoluted thinking and behavior. Part of this problem is the politicization of our major film industries with tax cuts and other incentives to push political agendas onto the public.
There is a time and place for propaganda but the relentless push for forced social change is not one of them and our film industries should not be leading the charge for whatever incentives they manage to get.
It's wishful thinking but maybe Doris Day and the Duke need to be resurrected to save Americans from unhealthy agendas.
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- When does film become propaganda? - Billy Wonka 12:20:40 07/19/17 (16)
- "Doris Day and the Duke need to be resurrected to save Americans from unhealthy agendas." - volunteer 15:16:51 07/19/17 (5)
- I was too young to pick up on his agenda until. . - Billy Wonka 08:16:55 07/20/17 (3)
- RE: I was too young to pick up on his agenda until. . - volunteer 08:22:46 07/20/17 (2)
- I was too young to absorb all that data . . . - Billy Wonka 19:02:32 07/20/17 (0)
- Agenda... - mkuller 09:02:58 07/20/17 (0)
- And neither did... - mkuller 18:34:45 07/19/17 (0)
- When does film become propaganda? - mkuller 13:11:00 07/19/17 (3)
- No,when the message is manipulative and persistant. - Billy Wonka 08:13:40 07/20/17 (2)
- No,when the message is manipulative and persistant. - mkuller 09:00:38 07/20/17 (1)
- RE: No,when the message is manipulative and persistant. - Billy Wonka 13:57:06 07/20/17 (0)
- RE: When does film become propaganda? - Sondek 13:01:54 07/19/17 (5)
- Dinesh is based on fact and yes, it is propaganda . . . - Billy Wonka 08:10:42 07/20/17 (4)
- LOL! Fact-based? (nt) - mkuller 09:01:39 07/20/17 (3)
- RE: LOL! On you! - Billy Wonka 19:05:48 07/20/17 (1)
- A great researcher... - mkuller 19:33:11 07/20/17 (0)
- Ditto (nt) - Sondek 10:41:39 07/20/17 (0)