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- From: jthomas@netsys.com (Jim Thomas)
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- Subject: Re: Michael Medved
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.201058.10066@netsys.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:10:58 GMT
- References: <01GSV5CL9DNE0002RN@camins.Camosun.BC.CA>
- Organization: Netsys Inc.
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- In article <01GSV5CL9DNE0002RN@camins.Camosun.BC.CA> MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA (Peter Montgomery) writes:
- >C-SPAN's Booknotes this week, is an involving interview with
- >Michael Medved on his latest book, _Hollywood_vs_America_.
- >Basic thesis is that Hollywook is distorting the US's self-
- >image into wrong headed negativity for the sake of the egoistical
- >desire of the Hollywookies' need to be seen as SERIOUS by each
- >other.
- >
- >Is there merit in his argument? Is he well/poorly received as
- >a movie reviewer? &c? &c?
-
- Like many "second thoughters," Medved exaggerates and demonizes
- his "enemy." He states quite clearly that he would like to see
- Hollywood make movies that make "us" (whoever that may be) feel good
- about "ourselves." His review criteria for quality are based on
- a "family values" frame in which form is secondary and content is
- matched against an explicitly ideological "PC" set of standards.
- He was once considered a promising reviewer, but he is now
- considered more of a "religious commentator" on movies than a
- bona fide movie reviewer. I have not seen from him a positive review
- of a movie that wasn't "family oriented" or "feel good" in several
- years.
-