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The Weblog at The View from the Core - Tue. 11/30/04 08:05:58 PM
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Hollywood Still Strangely Silent Pat Sajak writes at HEO, today: .... Maybe they think it would be intolerant of them to criticize the murder, because it would put them on the side of someone who criticized a segment of the Arab world. And, after all, we are often reminded that we need to be more tolerant of others, especially if they’re not Christians or Jews. There’s another possibility; one that seems crazy on the surface, but does provide an explanation for the silence, and is also in keeping with the political climate in Hollywood. Is it just possible that there are those who are reluctant to criticize an act of terror because that might somehow align them with President Bush, who stubbornly clings to the notion that these are evil people who need to be defeated? Could the level of hatred for this President be so great that some people are against anything he is for, and for anything he is against? As nutty as it sounds, how else can you explain such a muted reaction to an act that so directly impacts creative people everywhere? Can you conceive of a filmmaker being assassinated because of any other subject matter without seeing a resulting explosion of reaction from his fellow artists in America and around the world? As I said, it’s a nutty-sounding explanation, but we live in nutty times. See Hollywood Strangely Silent. (Thanks, Bryan.) Lane Core Jr. CIW P Tue. 11/30/04 08:05:58 PM |
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