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Thursday, August 11th, 2005

Guest columnist Jason Apuzzo writing for Town Hall yesterday, (HT to Power Line) describes for us, Hollywood’s New War Effort: Terrorism Chic. This is a portion:

“Slow to awaken after the 9/11 attacks, Hollywood has finally come around to contributing what it can in the War on Terror: namely, glossy, star-studded movies that sympathize with the enemy. (emphasis mine)

Hard to believe? Here’s the pitch: with box-office numbers trending down, studio executives are suddenly greenlighting movies they can describe to shareholders as ‘controversial’ or ‘timely.’ Whether the films are anti-American or otherwise demoralizing to the war effort is apparently immaterial. Its appetite whetted by “Fahrenheit 9/11″’s $222 million worldwide gross, Hollywood thinks it’s found a formula for both financial security and critical plaudits: noxious anti-American storylines, bathed in the warm glow of star power.”

The following are the films he lists which are (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)


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