Friday, December 11, 2009

WARNING: Entertainment can be dangerous to your (mental) health

It's in the air we breath, that certain something that you can't quite put your finger on. It makes you laugh, cry, get angry and shape your world view. You can't get away from it. It's the song on the radio, the TV in the background, the magazine article, the billboard advertisement and in the local theater. In other words, we are drowning in a sea of entertainment.

I can appreciate a good movie, a talented actor or singer, as much as the next guy. But I resent most of the values that come spilling over the airwaves and the Leftist politics that is embedded in much of our entertainment. Unfortunately, I think we fail to recognize how much of our world view is shaped by the entertainment culture.

I don't know if there is something in the drinking water in Hollywood, but there is a culture in the entertainment industry that tends to be way left of center. They also seem to have more than their fair share of eccentrics, because entertainers can say the craziest things:











Does that sound like a group of people firmly anchored to reality? I suspect that when you make large sums of money to play "make believe" for a living, it is difficult to understand the real world.

Next Question; does their world veiw ooze and drip like used chewing tobacco into movie and television scripts? You betcha. Here is just one example. I will post more in the future.



So, be aware and on the lookout for that certain something you can't quite put your finger on. Because the entertainment culture is everywhere. Kind of like the Matrix.

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