John
It seems that Hollywood is seen to be "innocent" once again, this time of
charges of being ideological. But, as I've said here before, it all depends
what you mean by "ideology". If you think the most popular of entertainment
media doesn't have to hoe to the most popular aspects of the culture in order
to maximize profit, you don't know your Marx. But even if you take a
non-pejorative sense of the term "ideology" here, Hollywood must be
ideological, in the sense that it is largely serving the "new Democrat"
centrist values that presently dominate the culture.
Dan Shaw
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