Why do conservatives hate Hollywood?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

1. It is part of the weird victim complex they've got going on
2. In some Republican circles, "Hollywood liberal" or "New York liberal" is code for "____ is a Christ-killing Jew."  Dog whistle politics at work.  There is still quite a bit of anti-semitism in some Republican circles, especially in the South.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Another thing to keep in mind is that, regardless of individual ideologies, most of the people in Hollywood care first and foremost about making money.  If they have proved one thing time and again, it is that they will make a movie about anything as long as enough people will buy tickets for it (or something relatively similar).  You want mindless slasher movies?  Done.  You want high-end oscar bait from October to December and some psuedo-Oscar bait in the first half of the year?  You got it!  You want supernatural romance that idealizes abusive relationships and is targeted at tweens?  Whatever sells tickets!  You want a special effects orgy in the format of a comic book movie?  Why not?  It isn't like they won't make right-wing movies if said movies make money (ex: Passion of the Christ).  If people want to see Michael Moore's movies, but they don't want to see Atlas Shrugged, that's the simply the free market speaking

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

It isn't like they won't make right-wing movies if said movies make money (ex: Passion of the Christ).

Horrible example.  "they" didn't want to fund PotC which is why Mel funded the entire thing himself (and made a ...ahem....killing).  The movie made a lot of money.  There hasn't been a bunch of knock offs by "they" since then either.



(and to squash the assumptions....I'm not a fan of Mel and have never seen PotC)

Fine, let's use Forrest Gump as an example then.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

It isn't like they won't make right-wing movies if said movies make money (ex: Passion of the Christ).

Horrible example.  "they" didn't want to fund PotC which is why Mel funded the entire thing himself (and made a ...ahem....killing).  The movie made a lot of money.  There hasn't been a bunch of knock offs by "they" since then either.



(and to squash the assumptions....I'm not a fan of Mel and have never seen PotC)

Fine, let's use Forrest Gump as an example then.

Forrest Gump is right wing? It's always seemed pretty apolitical to me...

Yeah, it is a pretty right-wing film (although that's never taken away from my enjoyment of it).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump#Political_interpretations

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

It isn't like they won't make right-wing movies if said movies make money (ex: Passion of the Christ).

Horrible example.  "they" didn't want to fund PotC which is why Mel funded the entire thing himself (and made a ...ahem....killing).  The movie made a lot of money.  There hasn't been a bunch of knock offs by "they" since then either.



(and to squash the assumptions....I'm not a fan of Mel and have never seen PotC)

Fine, let's use Forrest Gump as an example then.

The 20 year old film that mocks dying for your country?  Weird.  Red Dawn would be a better example.

But I agree with your original point, Hollywood cares first and foremost about dollars.  But they also (generally) don't like conservatives* and tend not to make movies for them....which is fine.



*though probably not as much as conservatives in Hollywood would lead you to believe...it's not like Eastwood or Carey are starving (but both look like they could put on a few pounds).

I don't think it mocks dying for your country (there are comedic scenes set during Vietnam, but it isn't like the film insults veterans or anything like that).  Beyond which military service is pretty respected by both liberals and conservatives, and Forrest Gump does take a pretty conservative view of the 60s and counter-culture.  Btw, Robert Downey Jr. is a conservative Republican and I don't think it has kept him from making a ton of money.  Eastwood looks the way he does b/c of his age, not difficulties finding work.  I agree that Hollywood generally doesn't "like" conservatives, but (not saying you disagreed) their only concern is usually "can I make money working with you."

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I'm not sure than opposing the system is right-wing. It can be a very left-wing position, too.

I assume you're talking about Hunger Games and Star Wars?  But it goes beyond that.  In the Hunger Games because the rural poor are shown as better off supporting themselves by hunting, small business, etc. and in Star Wars because the protagonists are out to preserve and later revive traditional religion against a government that oppresses it severely.  Although SW is more ambiguous because there are some explicit digs at Bush in Episode III for example.  But still the overall thesis of SW is religious freedom and the overthrow of an increasingly tyrannical government. 

Such as?

I'm pretty sure Anakin says to Obi-Wan during their fight "you're either with me or you're my enemy."