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Hollywood Politics? Sure, But The Stories That Get Made Have Everything To Do With The Box Office

MEDIA Posted: January 17, 2017 1:31 pm

Movies that show struggles against prejudice, poverty, ignorance, oppression and fear reflect liberal values only in the sense that “reality has a well-known liberal bias”, said Marty Kaplan, quoting Stephen Colbert. “If there were big money to be made telling stories celebrating home schooling, semi-automatic rifle ownership, the bullying of gays, white supremacism, misogyny or xenophobia, Hollywood would be racing to make them.”

MEDIA Published: 01.13.17

Read the story in The Guardian Published: 01.13.17

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