Hollywood and Leftism - Part II

I didn't originally intend to focus this blog so heavily on movies and entertainment, but perhaps it was inevitable given how recent Hollywood events have so characterized the key problems with today's American leftism.

That's also the topic of a hard-hitting editorial in the L.A. Times which sharply criticizes leading filmmakers for their inability (or unwillingness) to recognize the morality of the war on terror.
Says the article:

When you think about it, World War II was far from black and white. Sure, the German and Japanese militarists were evil, but Britain and the United States did terrible things too. They killed hundreds of thousands of German and Japanese civilians, and they allied themselves with the Soviet Union, which was every bit as awful as the Axis. The outcome was ambiguous because, although Germany and Japan were defeated, the Iron Curtain descended from Eastern Europe to North Korea.

Yet for 60 years, Hollywood has had no problem making movies that depict World War II as a struggle of good versus evil. Rightly so. Because for all the Allies' faults, they were the good guys.

For some reason, Hollywood can't take an equally clear-eyed view of the war on terrorism. The current conflict, pitting the forces of freedom against those of Islamo-fascism, is every bit as clear cut as World War II. Yet fashionable filmmakers insist on painting both sides in shades of gray, as if Israeli secret agents or American soldiers were comparable to Al Qaeda killers. Two of the most serious holiday flicks — "Syriana" and "Munich" — are case studies in mindless moral relativism and pathetic pseudo-sophistication.

That's right - Hollywood can't seem to tell the good guys from the bad, which of course is a direct result of its immersion in hard-left values and attitudes.

According to the far left, there is no objective good and bad; only different viewpoints which must be understood. With beliefs like this, it's no surprise that Hollywood can't distinguish responders to terrorism from the terrorists themselves.

The article concludes:

The lesson of World War II still stands: Civilized countries must use violence to defeat barbarians. Why is that so hard for Hollywood to understand?

The solution is for Hollywood to turn away from this ultra-leftist nonsense and return to the senses it had in the past. This probably won't be easy, but with box office sales declining and a vocal minority of Tinseltownites beginning to press for change, a much needed turnaround could finally be in the cards.