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Category Archives: Hollywood
Maureen Dowd Slams Hollywood Sexism: ‘It’s a Sick Society – Like the Catholic Church and Saudi Arabia’
TheWrap: “New York Times writer Maureen Dowd lambasted Hollywood as a “sick society” that clings to a myth of liberal values while it persists in excluding women from many aspects of the entertainment business.” Comments: No mention that Hollywood is … Continue reading
Bridge Of Spies
Armond Whites writes: The dark, creepy murk of Steven Spielberg’s 2011 Lincoln also seeps into his new film, Bridge of Spies, an account of the 1957 exchange between the U.S. and the Soviet Union of captured espionage agents, the Russian … Continue reading
20 signs of a broken film culture
Armand White writes: Since 2004, the year that film culture split along moral and artistic lines, political and class biases have been exhibited in films that became more and more partisan. This rift was furthered by a compromised media, where … Continue reading
Christopher Noxon: A Hollywood husband converts
Danielle Berrin writes about Jenji Kohan’s husband: Noxon’s childhood was mostly devoid of religion. He described his father as having some Quaker stock, though he identifies as Canadian and atheist. His mother, on the other hand, he described as “Buddhist … Continue reading
Ostracized Powerless Despised Minority Celebrates James Franco’s Bar Mitzvah In Atmosphere Of Oppression, Fear, Prejudice
This is why I converted to Judaism — to be a part of such courage and commitment. It’s events like these that make me proud to be Jewish. From the Jewish Journal: The actor’s belated coming-of-age ceremony was a prelude … Continue reading
Bridge Of Spies
Steve Sailer writes: Almost three years ago, the Academy Awards gave the Best Picture Oscar to Ben Affleck’s Iranian hostage drama Argo to encourage making more medium-budget movies for grown-ups. Bridge of Spies, Steven Spielberg’s Cold War film about the … Continue reading
Jill Soloway and the “Transgender” Agenda
From the perspective of Jewish law, it is a big sin for a man to dress like a woman. This whole transgender movement is repellent for the traditional Jew. Orthodox Jews can’t stand this stuff. It turns the stomach. Orthodox … Continue reading
The West
What does it say about Western weakness that they allow emigres to take over their culture? Jews would never allow gentiles to control culture and media in the Jewish state. I found the documentary Hollywoodism painful to watch. For Orthodox … Continue reading
Jews & Whites
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I think you have to distinguish between hatred of white nationalists and hatred of white people in general. Your average Scardsale orthodontist doesn’t have much dislike of the WASP family next door, but would get … Continue reading
Seth Rogen vomits in a Xmas church service in new The Night Before trailer
Comment: Seth Rogen’s new movie “shows him, a Jew, vomiting in a Christian (specifically, Roman Catholic) church during services. Pure, unfiltered hatred of us dumb goyim on full display.” Report: A new green-band trailer has dropped for seasonal comedy The … Continue reading