July 15, 2008
JOHNNY GET YOUR AK-47:
Friend Driscoll on one of the most repulsive of Hollywood's heroes (joining the CPUSA or a front group was a youthful mistake of vacuous people--dying an unrepentant Stalinist was a mark of evil).
Meanwhile, here's Andrew Breitbart on the Stalinism of modern Hollywood, Mr. Spielberg, tear down this wall (Andrew Breitbart, July 14, 2008 , Washington Times)
[I]n this land of superficiality and augmented assets, the inconvenient truth is that, in Hollywood, absolute conformity to the Democratic Party is a well-constructed facade. The environment is not so much unfavorable to the Grand Old Party as it is utterly totalitarian. There's simply no lifestyle choice that receives a worse response at dinner parties.Convicted murderer? Has anyone optioned the rights to your story?
Avowed Marxist? Viva la revolucion!
Scientologist? Do you take Visa or Mastercard?
Syphilitic drug abuser? Let's talk!
Conservative? You should go.
Only proclaiming one's self a practicing Christian is met with greater disdain - making Christian Republicans the gold standard in Hollywood pariah status. Fortunately, their Savior - that dude from Mel Gibson's highest-grossing blockbuster that was shunned by the major studios - wrote the script on how to live with an unpopular point of view.
