Brando was right: List of Hollywood's biases
5,999,999
I saw a movie a few years ago, in 1993 actually. It was a major studio
release by Columbia, and featured one of my favorite actors, Robert
Duvall. The movie was Geronimo--An American Legend. Maybe some of you
saw the film.
Texans
Duvall played a Western character, and in a part of the movie not
significantly related to the main theme, he had a run-in with a group
of Texans. After the Texans rode off into the sunset, the Duvall
character announced to his associates that "Texans are the lowest form
of human life". Now, I ask you, was that funny or offensive?
Different Character
What if in a different movie a character said "African-Americans are
the lowest form of human life"? Would that be funny or offensive? What
about another movie in which the character said "Latinos are the
lowest form of human life"? Funny or offensive? And, what if the movie
character said "Jews are the lowest form of human life"? Funny or
offensive?
Acceptable
Would it be any more or less acceptable if the people being descri bed
as the "lowest form of human life" were women? Christians? Arabs ?
Italian-Americans? Asians? Gays? Lesbians? or Whites from the South ?
Do your feelings differ depending on which group is being defamed?
Should your feelings differ?
Southerners
Would your feelings differ if you knew that White folks from Texas and
the American South are among a half dozen or so distinct populations
in our diverse society that have been consistently portrayed in
Hollywood movies in a negative or stereotypical manner for the last
several decades?
Significant Medium
Would your feelings differ if you realized that contrary to what we're
often led to believe by the Hollywood establishment, feature films are
much more than mere entertainment. No less an authority than our own
United States Supreme Court has actually declared that the motion
picture is a significant medium for the communication of ideas, and on
that basis has extended the broad protections of the constitutional
right of free speech to feature films?
Influence
Would your feelings differ if you realized that throughout the history
of human civiliz ation, ideas (no matter how comm unicat ed) have
always and will always be impor tant factors in influe ncing human
thinking and behav ior? And, would your feelings differ if you
realized that millions of the people who are regula rly expos ed to
the ideas comm unicat ed through film are young , not very sophis
ticated, and in some cases, not well educa ted or even menta lly balan
ced. After all, no one stands at the theatre door trying to deter mine
who can effecti vely separate reality from fantasy in movies, do they?
Repeated Viewings
If persons like any of those I've just described, repeatedly saw a
particular group consistently portrayed in a negative or stereotypical
manner in a significant number of Hollywood movies over the years
(which is exactly what happens in real life), what are the chances
that such portrayals would influence the attitudes and behavior of
some of those moviegoers with respect to the people portrayed?
Probably, pretty good, wouldn't you say?
Richard Donner
The truth is that all movies communicate messages of one sort or
another. One of our problems is that these messages have been
consistently biased. Some filmmakers readily admit they sneak messages
into their films. The Producer/Director of the Lethal Weapon series,
Richard Donner, told Daily Variety just this past month that he tries
to deliver a message in almost every picture, and that it's best if
you sneak it in while getting a laugh. In his previous Lethal Weapon
movie, the villain was a white racist from South Africa. That got a
laugh, I'm sure. But his latest message in Lethal Weapon 4 is even
more hilarious. It's a blatant attack on the National Rifle
Association. Movies are much more than mere entertainment.
Consistent Portrayals
Would you feel any different about my original question if I told you
that my ten year study of the U.S. film industry has confirmed that
(among other things) for the last 30 to 40 years at least, Hollywood
films have consistently portrayed Latinos, Christians, Italian-
Americans, Asians, Arabs and Whites from the South (including those
poor Texans) as the villains (or at least in a negative or
stereotypical manner), while simultaneously promoting politically
liberal points of view? Aside from the irony in that, some of you may
rationalize that these movie patterns of bias are merely coincidental.
Latinos
The consistency of the record, however, suggests otherwise. My study
of thousands of movies and movie reviews indicates that Hollywood,
throughout its nearly 90-year history, has specifically portrayed
LATINOS in films as mean, macho, scraggly, violent, cynical, racist,
tire slashers, drug traffickers, kidnappers, gang members, prison
inmates or in despair. Despite a couple of recent exceptions to this
general pattern, Hollywood films have traditionally contained very few
positive portrayals of Latinos. If the objective is to hold back or
create a disadvantage for Latinos in our society, I suppose there is
no better way than the historically proven method of using powerful
mass communications media to poison people's minds toward one or more
designated populations. By the way, the words and phrases used to
describe these biased movie portrayals, mostly come right out of the
reviews relied on for this research.
Arabs
My studies also show that ARABS have been portrayed in Hollywood films
as evil, barbaric, oversexed, depraved, villainous, shifty, possessed,
hostile, fanatical, criminal, mystical, wicked and crazed. Of course,
that's not enough to satisfy Hollywood, so Arabs have also been
portrayed as thieves, shady, kidnappers, enemies, mysterious,
murderers, assassins, terrorists, blood-thirsty, saboteurs,
extremists, cult-ridden, curse-stricken, oily, shifty-eyed, violent,
and idiots. Seldom have Hollywood movies contained favorable
portrayals of Arabs or Arab-Americans. Thus, millions of viewers of
Hollywood movies worldwide are being burdened with Hollywood's
perspective of what Arabs and Arab-Americans are like, which we all
have to admit is prejudiced and extremely unbalanced. In all fairness,
this record suggests that some Hollywood movies are being used as a
form of private propaganda (paid for by the unsuspecting moviegoers
themselves), and in this instance, the propaganda could have
consequences for Mid-East and world peace.
Asians
My studies also reveal that Hollywood's portrayals of ASIANS AND ASIAN-
AMERICANS consistently present them as enemies, cold, calculating,
ruthless, aggressive, criminals, slave owners and conspiring
businessmen (some of whom, of course, bought a couple of the major
Hollywood studios a few years ago). Evenso, just as with Latinos and
Arabs, it is also accurate to report that Hollywood has seldom
portrayed Asians and Asian Americans in a positive light.
Politics
>From a POLITICAL perspective, it's quite apparent that another of
these consistent patterns of Hollywood movie bias comes in the form of
negative portrayals of characters and positions representing
conservative points of view, and positive presentations of characters
and positions representing a liberal perspective. While Hollywood
movie villains often hold political views of the extreme right, seldom
does Hollywood portray its movie villains as political liberals.
Religion
Another blatant Hollywood movie bias occurs with respect to RELIGION.
Most are just overlooked, but some, including Christianity are
vigorously attacked in films. In recent decades, Hollywood has
portrayed Christians as disturbed, phony, sexually rigid, devil
worshipping cultists, manipulative, hypocritical, murder suspects,
talking to God, neurotic, fanatical, slick hucksters, Bible quoting
Nazis, outlaws, psychotic, fake spiritualists, Catholic schoolboys
running amok, dishonest, Bible pushers, Adam & Eve as pawns in a game
between God and Satan, unscrupulous, dumb, deranged preachers, an
unbalanced nun accused of killing her newborn infant, obsessed,
mentally unbalanced, destructive, foul mouthed, fraudulent and miracle
fabricators. That pretty much describes your Christian neighbors,
doesn't it? Of course, I'm not even a religious person, but regardless
of how you feel about religion and Christianity in particular, the use
of a powerful communications medium by anyone to consistently portray
Christians or any other religious characters in this manner is a
national disgrace.
South
Still another little recognized Hollywood movie bias regularly appears
in the form of negative or stereotypical portrayals of WHITES FROM THE
SOUTH. My studies reveal that during the 1970's, 80s and early '90s
Hollywood continued a long-established and consistent pattern of
negative or stereotypical portrayals of Southerners that began as
early as the 1920s. White Southerners have been most often portrayed
as hillbillies, eccentrics, murderers and other types of criminals,
flawed lawmen, country music lovers, being from small towns, cagey
Cajuns, oil field workers, rednecks, strippers and prostitutes,
plantation owners, dumb, odd-ball characters, poor, gossips, "the
lowest form of human life", aimless, lifelong losers, members of the
Ku Klux Klan, racists or otherwise prejudiced individuals. Hollywood's
record with respect to the South is nothing more than a combined form
of regional and race-based defamation.
Survey
A total of 251 movies were included in that particular survey of films
about the South. As it turns out, only 12% of them were directed by
film directors from that region of the country, which helps explain
why so many of them present negative and/or stereotypical portrayals
of these subjects. It also highlights the heart of the problem for all
of the groups mentioned. There are relatively few Latinos, Arabs,
Arab- Americans, Asians, Asian-Americans, political conservatives,
Christians or Whites from the South making the key decisions with
regard to the production and distribution of Hollywood films. Under
those circumstances, these observed patterns of bias may be considered
inevitable. The makers of these films do not, as a general rule, know
their subjects and are prejudiced themselves.
Movies Unique
Now, without continuing the litany of the few other specific groups
that Hollywood has consistently defamed (like Italian-Americans), or
consistently defamed until just the last few years (like women, gays,
lesbians and African-Americans--and even those groups are not where
they ought to be in terms of balanced movie portrayals), I am
confident in telling you that using a powerful communications medium
to consistently portray people you don't like in a negative or
stereotypical manner is wrong! So, let's look more closely at the
question of, why is this happening? More specifically, why do movies
portray these incredibly misleading stereotypes and such limited views
of the world? Well, partly because, movies are different from most
other products produced in this country. Movies, to a large extent,
tend to mirror the values, interests, cultural perspectives and
prejudices of their makers.
Control Relevant
This means it is absolutely relevant and entirely appropriate for all
of us concerned about the impact of movies on our society (and we all
should be concerned) to know exactly who in Hollywood has the power to
make the key decisions with respect to which movies are produced and
released, to determine who gets to work in the top positions on those
movies and to approve the screenplays that serve as the basis for such
motion pictures. These are the people who create, encourage or
tolerate the blatant patterns of bias just described, and we cannot
fully understand the relationships between these decision- makers,
their films and our society without knowing about their backgrounds.
Major Movies
This is particularly important with respect to the major studios and
their releases because those are the films seen by about 92% of all
theatrical moviegoers in the domestic marketplace, and these same
movies represent a significant percentage of the films seen in most
other countries.
Important Messages
In addition, as already noted, movie makers do not hesitate to use
feature films to communicate to millions of people in our society,
important messages about such sensitive topics as race, religion,
ethnicity, culture, politics, violence, sexuality or regional and
other perceived differences. Thus again, the study of any factors that
may influence the decisions by movie makers about which messages are
to be presented to our society through this powerful communications
medium are clearly relevant and appropriate.
Studio Executives
Is there anyone in this audience who would try to convince me that it
is inappropriate to consider the backgrounds of studio executives who
consistently release movies that defame Latinos, Italian- Americans,
Arabs, Arab-Americans, Asians, Asian-Americans, Christians and Whites
from the South; not to mention movies that teach our impressionable
youngsters by powerful cinematic example that, among other things, it
is acceptable to smoke, do drugs, lie in the middle of busy highways,
or take a gun to school and fire away at teachers and classmates? Who
are you kidding?
Objective Discussion
As opposed to many other Hollywood observers of the past who have
merely expressed a rather crude and subjective opinion (or tap- danced
around the truth) about this issue of who controls Hollywood, I've
actually conducted and published a study, that can be replicated by
anyone who chooses to do so, although so far as I know, no one else
has had the courage to undertake such research. Evenso, I think it is
time for us (as a nation) to get past our inability to discuss this
issue both objectively and intelligently.
Who Controls
First, my studies demonstrate that the people who still determine
which movies the vast majority of American audiences see on the screen
(that is, the real Hollywood movie "makers") are the three top studio
executives at the so-called major studio/distributors. Despite what
we're often led to believe by the so-called Hollywood establishment
about influence on a relatively small number of films from other
sources (like certain powerful actors, agents and directors), these
top studio executives are the people who directly control the
important level of Hollywood decision-making I've described, and they
have exercised that control for the nearly 90-year history of the
Hollywood-based U.S. film industry.
Specific Group
My studies demonstrate further that the most honest, accurate and fair
description of the relevant characteristics and backgrounds of the
members of this Hollywood control group is that a clear majority (not
all, but a clear majority) of it's members have been politically
liberal, not very religious, Jewish males of European heritage. And,
as with most institutions in our society, majority rules. On the other
hand, "control" in this context does not mean absolute control, but
the "exercise of dominant influence" over this particular industry.
Now, apparently this is the part of my speech that makes some people
uncomfortable, and that's not my intent, I'm just trying to get at the
truth and be as precise as possible. So, if anyone disagrees with my
facts, show me your studies. To help avoid any misunderstanding or
misinterpretation of my work, however, I'll pause here for a moment to
emphasize what I am clearly not saying.
What I'm NOT Saying
I am not saying that the behavior of this narrowly-defined Hollywood
control group (a majority of not more than twenty-five individuals at
any given time) is in any way representative of the 5.5 million or
more members of the much broader so-called Jewish community here in
the U.S., so I'm clearly not talking about Jews generally. Second, I'm
not suggesting that any of the members of the Hollywood control group
behave the way they do because they are Jewish. I am only observing
and merely criticizing the well-documented, business-related behavior
of a small group of unrepresentative individuals, who in all
likelihood and at certain levels, are behaving just like anyone else
under the same or similar circumstances. After all, as human beings,
we all tend to want to associate with people who are more like
ourselves, and since movies tend to mirror the values, interests,
cultural perspectives and prejudices of their makers (no matter who
they are), the motion pictures of any particular group will tend to
reflect the interests of that group. In addition, since the motion
picture is a significant medium for the communication of ideas, it is
essential in a democracy (based on a marketplace of freely competing
ideas) that we consumers of motion picture product and victims of its
legacy know as much about the backgrounds of these individual mass-
media communicators as possible.
Also NOT Saying
I'm not even saying that these members of the Hollywood Saying control
group think alike, merely that there is less diversity of thought in
any narrowly-defined group than there would be in a more diverse
group. Finally, I'm not alleging any sort of conspiracy. I'm only
concerned about the improper business practices and the adverse
results. On the other hand, as we will see, one of those business
practices is discrimination, and in order to clarify who the modern-
day victims of this discrimination are, we must identify as best we
can the perpetrators of the discriminatory acts.
Unfair Practices
Now, to make matters much worse and even more intolerable with respect
to Hollywood, my studies demonstrate that this small narrowly-defined
Hollywood control group has actually gained and has maintained its
dominance over the U.S. film industry through the consistent use of
several hundred of these specifically identifiable unfair, unethical,
unconscionable, anti-competitive, predatory and illegal business
practices. I specifically identify, describe and discuss these
business practices in varying degrees of detail in three of my
published books.
Outsider Exclusion
So, in addition to all of the patterns of bias in Hollywood films
noted earlier, this narrow control of Hollywood has also generally
resulted in the systematic and arbitrary exclusion of those who may be
considered "outsiders" from positions of control at the major studio/
distributors and a significant number of associated entities, in and
around the film industry. An insidious network of social and cultural
relationships based on reciprocal preferences for Hollywood insiders,
and those closely associated with them, has long enveloped this
industry. In Hollywood, that is the most accurate interpretation of
the deceptive rationalization commonly offered by the Hollywood
insiders. They say: "It's a relationship business . . . " which is
just another way of saying: "We're going to exclude you because you
don't have a relationship with us, and, of course, you don't have a
relationship with us because we don't consider you to be one of us."
Job Bias
Specifically, the executives of the Hollywood major studio/
distributors have engaged in wholesale employment discrimination from
corporate top to bottom for nearly 90 years. Not only has that
discrimination destroyed thousands of the career opportunities,
livelihoods and some lives of Blacks, Latinos, Italian- Americans,
Native-Americans, Irish, women, Arab-Americans, Asian- Americans,
Christians, Whites from the South, among others, but these Hollywood
employers have also historically shown several distinct hiring
preferences, including a strong preference for employing specific
immigrants from just 4 or 5 European countries, as opposed to hiring
equally talented persons already in the U.S. (or from other parts of
the world), and even when no demonstrated need for the employment of
immigrants was apparent.
Car Theft
If you steal a car in this country, you might very well go to prison.
If, on the other hand, you arbitrarily destroy someone else's career
by hiring your less-deserving cultural cousin for a high-paid
Hollywood studio job, our government has generally looked the other
way.
Antitrust Violations
My studies further reveal that the Hollywood control group has also
consistently violated U.S. antitrust laws and continues to do so
today. Some of you may be shocked by these allegations, because you've
been convinced that ours is a nation of laws. Unfortunately, the
Federal Election Commission records show that the arbitrarily selected
and excessively overpaid Hollywood studio executives, their spouses
and multiple political action committees gave some $23.5 million
dollars in so-called "political contributions" during a recent five
year reporting period to candidates for the U.S. Presidency (from both
major political parties) and in key Congressional races.
Justice Department
Consequently, it is absurd for us to expect, or even hope, that any
U.S. President who accepts such "generosity" would turn ment around
and direct the head of the Justice Department (or the FTC) to
vigorously enforce existing federal antitrust laws in the film
industry. Of course, a similar phenomenon occurs at the federal Equal
Employment Opportunities Commission, in Congress and at the local
level with District Attorneys. We have to face up to the fact that our
system of justice is vulnerable to the indirect political bribe,
particularly in this area of white-collar crime. And, that is one of
the important reasons why the antitrust law violations in the film
industry are occurring, and will continue to occur, until the U.S.
public becomes sufficiently informed and outraged to force an end to
the practices. And yes, in a broader context, this requires meaningful
campaign finance reform.
Adhesive
Further, most if not all, of the major studio film distribution
Contracts agreements are contracts of adhesion filled with multiple
unconscionable provisions. They have been specifically drafted and
refined over the years to give these vertically-integrated,
distributor-dominated major studios whatever discretion is necessary
to prevent revenue generated by the exploitation of any motion picture
they distribute from flowing past the distributor to anyone else,
including certain outside investors.
Creative
This illegal and manipulative control of the revenue streams Control
generated by the exploitation of feature films in all markets and
media, is routinely converted in turn, into creative control over
future motion pictures. In Hollywood, he who has the gold, rules.
Circle of Control
Thus, we come full circle back to the reasons why the previously cited
blatant patterns of bias exist in Hollywood films. Illegal business
practices have been used to gain and maintain control of the Hollywood-
based U.S. film industry. That control has been used to hire
generation after generation of individuals with similar backgrounds
and interests for the key executive positions at the major studios.
Additional unscrupulous business practices have been used to extract
unconscionable profits from the studio movies and to retain most of
those profits within the Hollywood insider community.
Uses of Money
Some of that money is used to keep the government at bay. Other
illicit revenues are used to employ the services of some of the best
hired guns for legal and legislative protection. Some is used to buy
the loyalty and silence of high-profile members of the creative
community. After all, you are not likely to complain about the actions
of someone who is paying you anywhere from $1 million to $20 million
dollars to appear in a movie are you? Other portions of these funds
are used for outrageous producer deals on the studio lots for outgoing
studio executives or "super golden parachutes" for retiring
executives. Still other such monies are used for giving insider
development deals to the girl friends, wives, other friends and family
members of studio executives. Additional funds are used for
philanthropic purposes to help gloss over what's really going on in
Hollywood, and to soften potential sources of criticism (obviously,
none of that money has been given to me). Still other profits are used
to attract other people's money to cover the costs associated with the
production and release of the movies the Hollywood insiders choose.
Nobody else matters. Complaints over the years, and there have been
many complaints from a variety of groups, have generally been met with
a wall of arrogance or temporary and superficial adjustments that have
little or no impact on the long-term distribution of power in
Hollywood.
Perfect Crime
With all of the admiration one might muster for such a thing, some may
reasonably choose to describe the Hollywood game as the "perfect
crime". Its victims go far beyond the small production, distribution
and exhibition companies in this country and around the world that are
unfairly squeezed out of the marketplace each year by the predatory
business practices of the majors, far beyond the many producers and
screenwriters whose ideas and screenplays are stolen annually without
sufficient remedy . . .
More Victims
. . . far beyond the diverse community of "outsider" filmmakers,
(including those among the 200 or more disfavored U.S. religious
denominations), whose stories cannot be told through feature film
because they've been arbitrarily shut out of Hollywood, far beyond the
hundreds of thousands of struggling members of the creative community
who don't even realize the playing field is titled in favor of the
Hollywood insiders (or if they do, they're so afraid of being
blacklisted they won't speak out), far beyond the hundreds of
attractive young men and women who are lured to Hollywood every year
by prospects of fame and fortune, only to end up having to sell their
bodies to survive, or even worse, literally never being heard from
again . . .
Even More Victims
. . . far beyond all those persons who are cheated out of their fair
share of the economic upside of their own films, far beyond the
Victims millions of moviegoers who are regularly deceived by the high-
powered, all-pervasive advertising, publicity and promotion, about the
subject, suitability or quality of the films they pay money to see
(which is why Jack Valenti's oft-repeated claim that "moviegoers vote
with their pocketbooks" is fraudulent), far beyond the thousands of
college level film students (possibly some of your sons or daughters)
whose choice of studies and professional futures have been based on
the misconception that there are reasonable opportunities waiting for
them in the U.S. film industry, far beyond individuals within the U.S.
academic community and government bureaucracies whose intellectual
honesty and willingness to conduct critical research regarding this
industry has been compromised by Hollywood intimidation -- to all
citizens who have to cope with the powerful negative impact of
irresponsible visual images and biased motion pictures on our children
and all of the world's societies.
Justify
I've had people try to justify what's going on in Hollywood, by
telling me that other industries in this country are just as corrupt.
Of course, I haven't spent 11 years working in or studying the
business practices of any other industry, so I can't compare. In
addition, I've always been taught that just because someone else is
doing something wrong, that's no excuse for doing the same. Further, I
can tell you that if a significant number of our other industries are
just as corrupt as the Hollywood-based U.S. film industry, this
country is in deep trouble. And, if these people are arguing that it's
ok for members of the Hollywood establishment to discriminate against
outsiders, because some others outside of Hollywood also discriminate,
then by virtue of that flawed logic, it must be ok for those others to
discriminate. Employment discrimination has to be stopped across the
board. What do you think our ongoing national debate about affirmative
action is all about? If there was no employment discrimination, there
would be no need for a remedy like affirmative action.
Wrongful Conduct
In any case, the behavior of this Hollywood control group has been so
reprehensible that over a period of some 50 years, three different
informed and sophisticated individuals who were specifically
knowledgeable about the operation of the film industry (a U.S. Supreme
Court Justice, the federal judge who supervised 30 years of film
industry compliance [or non-compliance] with the Paramount Consent
decrees and the Los Angeles-based litigating attorney who sued
Paramount on behalf of Art Buchwald), all proclaimed in writing
(independent of each other) that the Hollywood control group has a
"proclivity for wrongful conduct".
Insider Defense
In their own defense, the Hollywood insiders have historically used a
series of myths, smokescreens and straw-man arguments disseminated
through the world's most powerful and highly-paid PR machine (aided by
a partisan trade press), to cloud public discussion and understanding
of these important issues.
Narrow Control
In the broadest sense, it's my view, that it is inappropriate in our
multi-cultural society for any readily identifiable interest group
(whether the group identity is based on ethnicity, culture, religion,
race, class, region of origin, sex or sexual orientation, or
otherwise) to be allowed to dominate or control any important
communications medium, including film.
Federal Help
Now, you may be surprised to know that our federal government has a
long and well-documented history of being highly involved in helping
the Hollywood-based U.S. film industry achieve its dominance over both
the domestic and international film markets. Although, from time to
time, our government has ineptly and unsuccessfully attempted to limit
Hollywood's excesses in this regard.
Proper Role
On the other hand, our federal government has a legitimate interest
and role to play (indeed, a duty and obligation) to stop, or at least
fully investigate and consider all appropriate remedies, for any of
the employment discrimination and antitrust law violations, along with
the hundreds of other questionable business practices routinely
utilized by the Hollywood major studio/distributors.
General Welfare
In addition to any available private remedies that I might encourage,
such as class action lawsuits based on antitrust and racketeering
statutes, or more broad-based and long-term economic boycotts than
ever before instigated, our federal government, through all legitimate
means necessary, has the right and the obligation to protect the
constitutionally ordained general welfare of all our citizens from
what Professor George Gerbner calls the "pollution of our cultural
environment". Furthermore, our government has the right and a duty to
ensure that all U.S. citizens, regardless of background, have an equal
and fair opportunity to participate at all levels of the U.S. film
industry, with the appropriate long-term objectives of ensuring that
our feature films more accurately reflect the diversity of our multi-
cultural society, and communicate greater diversity in the marketplace
of ideas. The search for truth deserves no less.
Cultural Stories
In other words, none of our cultural groups should be arbitrarily
denied the opportunity to tell their important cultural stories (the
way they want to tell them), through this significant medium for the
communication of ideas. No one should be allowed to force members of
other cultures to filter their important stories through the cultural
sensibilities of a small, rather homogeneous group of film industry
gate-keepers, which is exactly what is happening in Hollywood today,
and that is exactly what has been occurring for the nearly 90-year
history of the Hollywood-based U.S. film industry. After all, as noted
earlier, movies are somewhat unique -- to a large extent, they tend to
mirror the values, interests, cultural perspectives and prejudices of
their makers. On the other hand, as we've seen, the Hollywood control
group is much too narrow in scope, and its members are prejudiced
indeed.
Weaken Democracy
Ultimately, as already pointed out by the Supreme Court, the motion
picture is a significant medium for the communication of ideas. And,
in a democratic society, we cannot afford to stand by and allow any
single narrowly-defined interest group to control or even dominate any
of our important communications media, because that inaction will
inevitably weaken, if not transform our cherished democracy into a
fraudulent facsimile. In the absence of a free marketplace of ideas,
our democracy is flawed. And, it is impossible to have a free
marketplace of ideas, so long as any of our important communications
media are controlled by one or even a few, narrowly-defined interest
groups. If we want to preserve our democracy and make the world a
better place, we need to start with what we communicate to each other,
and who gets to communicate.
Frank Arthur
"5,999,999" <nighth...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> Geronimo
>
> I saw a movie a few years ago, in 1993 actually. It was a major studio
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Beck, Jeff - Guitarist
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Benatar, Pat - Famous Singer
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Benny, Jack - Benjamin Kubelsky
Berlin, Irving - Composer of "White Christmas"
Berri, Claude - French film director
Biafra, Jello (Singer of American HC punk band Dead Kennedys)
Bialik, Mayim - Actress (Blossom)
Bikel, Theodore - actor / Fiddler on the Roof
Bleeth, Yasmine - Actress -Father Jewish
Bochner, Hart - Actor
Bochner, Lloyd - Canadian Shakespearean Actor, Radio Actor, Film Actor,
Cecil Colby on Dynasty, "Naked Gun", Father of Hart Bochner
Bonet, Lisa - Ex-Wife of Lenny Kravitz
Borgnine, Ernst (Effron Borgnine) - Actor
Boxleitner, Bruce - Actor
Brooks, Albert - Actor, Director (real name: Albert Einstein)
Brooks, Mel - Actor, Director, Comedian, Writer
Bruce, Lenny - Comic
Walter, Bruno - German conductor and student of Gustav Mahler. Had to change
his name.
Bullock, Sandra - actress [Jewish?]
Cantor, Eddie - Vaudeville Singer, Dancer
Cass, "Mama" (Liz Cohen) - an actress
Chandler, Jeff - Actor
Chaplin, Charlie - Silent Film Actor, Comedian, Producer, Raconteur
Cherry, Ruben (A man who raised Elvis in public)
Chessler, Deborah (Shirley Reingold)
Chomsky, Naom - an American philosopher
Cohen, Leonard -- Bohemian Song Writer
Cocker, Joe - Famous Singer, Israeli/German
Crystal, Billy - Actor, Comedian
Curly - (Jerome) Curly Howard (Horowitz) - One of the Stooges
Dangerfield, Rodney - Comedian, Actor, Real Name Jack Cohen
Davis, Jr., Sammy - Black Singer, Actor, Dancer (died)
Dell'Abate, Gary - Howard Stern's Producer (Baba Booey!)
Denberg, Lori Beth - Actress
DeNero, Robert - Actor [Jewish Mother]
Deutscher, Isaac - Author - Biography of "Stalin"
Douglas, Kirk - Actor
Drescher, Fran - Actress "The Nanny"
Dreyfus, Richard - Actor
Dreyfuss, Richard (Oscar Winning Actor)
Duchovny, David - Co-Star of the Hit Show The X-Files
Duritz, Adam lead singer/songwriter for Counting Crows
Dylan, Bob - Musician
Eisen, Rich-- ESPN, Sports Announcer
Escher, M. C. - Artist, Explorer of the Infinite
Fagen, Donald - Steely Dan - Singer - Composer
Fat Mike - Singer, guitarist and songwriter for NOFX
Feuer, Aaron Neal - Wrestler, Talmud Scholar, Debate Champ
Fierstein, Harvey - Actor, Writer
Fisher, Carrie - Actress: Star Wars' Princess Leia
Ford, Harrison - Actor (Jewish Mom, see interviews in cosmopolitan/playboy)
Frankel, Mark - Actor
Freed, Alan (first radio star in 50´s to play Rock n' Roll)
Freedman, Jacob -- WBZC's Sunday Morning Klezmer DJ
Friedman, Debbie - songwriter and singer
Geffen, David - Dreamworks, Owns Geffen Records ( Israeli )
Geller, Sarah Michelle - Actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV)
Geller, Uri - Magician who Bends Spoons & Levitates Objects
Gere, Richard - Actor
Gershwin, George - composer (Rhapsody in Blue)
Gifford, Cathy Lee Epstein - Talk Show Hostess
Goldblum, Jeff - Actor
Goldwyn, Samuel - Director, Executive at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Gordon, Tony (Manager UK Punk Band Sham 69)
Gordon, Nina - Musician, Veruca Salt
Gorme, Eydie - Singer, Actress, Wife of Steve Lawrence
Gould, Elliot - Actor from Bay Parkway Brooklyn
Greaseman, The - Doug Tracht - Nationally known radio shock jock
Green, Brian Austin - Actor
Hanson, Beck - Musician
Haza, Ofra - Israeli Singer
Hayworth, Rita - Rita Cansino - Source: Debrett's Goes to Hollywood -
Cansino Family Spanish
Himmelman, Peter - Musician (and son-in-law to B. Dylan)
Hoffmann, Gaby - Actress, Movies
Hoskins, Bob - Roger Rabitt, Cotton Club, Ex-Kibbutznik
Howard, Moe - One of the Three Stooges - Howard, Shemp (Samuel "Shemp
Howard" Horowitz)
Iggy Pop, musician (James Newell Osterberg, Jr.)
Irving, Amy - Actress
Kavner, Julie - Actress, Voice of Marge Simpson
Kaye, Danny - Philanthropist, Song-and-Dance Man
Keitel, Harvey (Actor: Pulp Fiction, The Piano, etc)
Carole King - Musician, Songwriter
Kirschner, Mia - Actress/Exotica
Knopfler, Mark - Dire Straits
Kramer,Stepfanie - Actress / Hunter
Kubrick, Stanley- Director - ''2004", "A Clockwork Orange", Etc.
Jeremy, Ron - Porn Star
Joel, Billy - Musician, Winner of Grammy Awards
Jolsen, Al - Singer, Mummer, Cantor
Kaufman, Andy - Latka on Taxi, Strange Humorist, Saturday Night Live Guest
Klein, Calvin - Fashion Designer
Kudrow, Lisa - TV Star-Friends
Kurtz, Swoosie - Actress
Lamour, Dorothy - Actress
Lawrence, Steve - Singer, Skeptic, Husband of Eydie Gorme
Lee, Geddy - Lead Singer and Bass Player of the Band Rush
Lee, Michelle - Actress - Knots Landing
Luner, Jamie - Actress, TV Show "Savannah"
Manilow, Barry - Musician, Singer
Marcell, Bibi & Other Klezmer Performers - Klezmer Singer Extraordinaire
Marley, Bob - Reggae Artist (father was Jewish, mother negro)
Marx, Groucho - Comedian
Marx, Harpo - Comedian
Matthau, Walter - Comedian, Actor
Martins, Luciano Costa - brazilian musician (mother mulatta, father
indian/jewish)
Meyer, Jeffrey - World Series Yankee Hero - Jewish Boy, 12, Who Deflected a
Home Run
Margulies, Julianna - ER Actress
Mayer, Louis B. - Founder & Director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Meyers, Ari - Actress / Kate and Allie
Minelli, Liza - (Lisa Minelli) Singer/Actress
Mitchell, Andrea - NBC News Reporter, Wife of Alan Greenspan
Monroe, Marilyn, Official Certificate of Her Conversion to Judaism, Dated
July 1, 1956, Archived on This Page
Mostel, Zero - Actor, Comedian, Painter
Murdoch, Rupert, Media Monopoly Mogul
Neuwirth, Bebe - Lilith on Cheers
Newman, Paul - Actor
Newton John, Olivia - Australian Pop Singer
Nimoy, Leonard - Actor (Star Trek's 'Spock')
Oistrakh, David - Violinist
Owens, Ronn - San Francisco/Los Angeles Talk Show Host
Page, Steve--Lead Singer of the Barenaked Ladies
Patinkin, Mandy - Actor (Chicago Hope)
Peck, Gregory - Raised Catholic and Not Jewish but Posed as being Jewish in
"Gentlemen's Agreement", Hence the Rumor
Peczynski , Dominika - TV star (Dominikas Planet), member of Swedish dance
band Army Of
Perlman, Itzhak - World-Renowned Violinist
Pleshette, Suzanne - Costar of The Bob Newhart Show
Portman, Natalie - Actress
Presley, Elvis - Jewish Maternal Grandparent
Raffi - Childrens' Entertainer
Rainer, Luise - Actress
Ramone, Joey - Lead Singer of the Ramones
Reed, Lou - Musician
Richler, Mordechai - Famous Montreal Writer
Rickles, Don - Comedian
Rickman, Alan - Actor (Sense and Sensibility, Die Hard, Robin Hood Prince Of
Thieves, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
Rivers, Joan - Comedian, Writer, Jeweler, Actress
Reiser, Paul - "Mad About You"
Reudor - Cartoonist, Author, Creator of Comic Strip and Books Featuring The
Doodle Family
Rhodes, Bernie (First Manager of The Clash)
Rivera, Geraldo - Talk Show Host
Roth, David Lee - Van Halen Rocker
Ryder, Winona - Actress
Sachs, Nelly - Poet, Noble Prize in Literature
Sandler, Adam - Comedian
Schlessinger, Dr. Laura - Radio Rherapist
Seagal, Steven - Action Movie Star, "Under Siege," etc.
Seinfeld, Jerry - Comedian
Server, Josh - Actor On the Show All That
Seymour, Jane - Actress (father is Jewish)
Shatner, William - Actor (Star Trek's Captain 'James T. Kirk')
Shore, Dinah - Singer, Performer, TV Hostess - Father was a Rabbi
Shue, Andrew - Actor (Melrose Place) US actor, brother of Elisabeth Shue
(Jewish father, not raised Jewish) a la
http://experts.about.com/e/l/li/List_of_Jews.htm
Shue, Elizabeth - Karate Kid, Back to the Future II & III, Leaving Las
Vegas, The Saint, etc...
Schwartz, Stephen -- Lyricist, Composer
Shore, Pauly - Actor
Sills, Beverly - Opera Star (Real Name: Beverly Silberman)
Silver, Josh (keyboard player in goth metal band Type-O-Negative)
Silverstein, Shel - Children's author
Silverstone, Alicia - Actress, Clueless Star
Simon, Paul - Musician
Sioux, Siouxie (female singer of British punk/goth band Siouxie & Banshees)
Singer, Isaac Bashevis - Writer (Yiddish)
Slash (Saul Hudson) - Guitarist in Guns and Roses
Smith, Raphael (Bokkie Rosenthal) - Composer and Scriptwriter
Sondheim, Stephen - Broadway lyricist/composer
Spacek, Sissy - an actress
Spielberg, Steven - Director
Sprinkle, Annie - Porn Star and Performance Artist
Spungen, Nancy - Girlfriend of Sex Pistols´s Sasist Sid Vicious (Deceased)
Stanley, Paul - Lead Hard Rock Singer and Guitarist for KISS, Real Name
Stanley Eisen
Steinman, Jim - Composer for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion
Stern, Howard - King of All Media
Stewart, Jon - Comedian
Streisand, Barbara - Director, Singer, Producer
Tal, Shiraz - Israeli supermodel (pic on top model directory)
Tandy, Jessica - Actress, probably Christian descent, played her most famous
role as an elderly Jewish lady in "Driving Miss Daisy"
Telch, Ari - Mexican Actor
Thomas, Jonathan Taylor - Real Name Jonathan Weiss
Tracht, Doug - The Greaseman - Nationally known radio shock jock
Ustinov, Peter - Actor
Vedder, Eddie - Lead Vocalist for Pearl Jam
Weber, Steven - Actor "Wings"
Weisel, Elie - Author and Nobel Laureate
Weiss, Michael T. - TV Actor "The Pretender"
Wilder, Gene - Actor (Jerome Silberman)
Williams, Robin - Actor (Said he was Jewish on "Oprah" possibly as a joke or
in referring to a movie role); he is probably of Christian descent.
According to Adherents, Williams gravitated to Jewish friends in school and
attended 14 bar mitzvahs as an "honorary Jew". His parents were descended
from the English, Welsh, and Irish (father) and French (mother). Robin
Williams plays many Jewish roles. Try Wikipedia for more information for
starters if you are that interested.
Winkler, Henry - Actor ('The Fonze' on 'Happy Days')
Wolf, Scott - Party of Five
Wyle, Noah - Actor - E.R
Yetnikoff, Walter (ex-manager of Michael Jackson)
5,999,999
I saw a movie a few years ago, in 1993 actually. It was a major studio
Texans
Acceptable
Southerners
Significant Medium
Influence
Repeated Viewings
Richard Donner
Consistent Portrayals
Latinos
Arabs
Asians
Politics
Religion
South
Survey
Movies Unique
Control Relevant
Major Movies
Important Messages
Studio Executives
Objective Discussion
Who Controls
Specific Group
Also NOT Saying
Unfair Practices
Outsider Exclusion
Job Bias
Car Theft
Antitrust Violations
Justice Department
Adhesive
Creative
Circle of Control
Uses of Money
Perfect Crime
More Victims
Even More Victims
Justify
Wrongful Conduct
Insider Defense
Narrow Control
Federal Help
Proper Role
General Welfare
Cultural Stories
Weaken Democracy
Wok
Add Lesley Gore!
Add Carol King!
A wrote:
>
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> "Frank Arthur" <A...@Arthurian.com> wrote in message
> news:TrdGh.879$I9....@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
> >
> > "5,999,999" <nighth...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1172922958.1...@30g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >> Geronimo
> >>
> >> I saw a movie a few years ago, in 1993 actually. It was a major studio
> >
> > The list of people below have entertained and caused joy to many millions
> > of
> > people worldwide for generations. How much joy do you get from
> > Jew haters like "5,999,999" <nighth...@googlemail.com>?
> >
> > Here's a list of mostly Jewish entertainers
>
> ADD:
>
> Burns, George (nee, Nathan Birnbaum)
> Fine, Larry (nee, Louis Feinberg, 'The Three Stooges')
> Marx, Chico
> Marx, Zeppo
> Marx, Gummo
>
> SUBTRACT:
>
> Meyer, Jeffrey (12 in 1996; hardly an "entertainer!")
> PS: Today he plays minor-league baseball, age 22
> > Freed, Alan (first radio star in 50愀 to play Rock n' Roll)
> > Spungen, Nancy - Girlfriend of Sex Pistols愀 Sasist Sid Vicious (Deceased)
> > Winkler, Henry - Actor ('The Fonz' on 'Happy Days')
Knowledge
I had no idea.
Having white skin, many Jews quickly decide to change their names to a
more Caucasian European type name. Once they do that the door of
opportunity opens wide for them.
Sadly, black people can't do that. We can change our name, our looks,
and everything else, but White Supremacists can still see us coming a
mile away. By the time we are standing in front of them, they already
know what devious things they are going to do to hold us down
financially, spiritually, psychologically, and emotionally.
I wonder what the world would have been like without all of these
great Jewish people?
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and others are exponentially exploding, the White and Jewish
populations are being eclipsed.
What will happen is the Jews and other rich tribes in the US will cut
and run at some time. All the money that backs the Federal Reserve
will be moved out all in a night and America will collapse like a
house of cards.
That money will then be reinvested in a new "startup" country where
the powers can continue to grow their investment by means of Usury.
Australia is ripe for picking as well as Canada and Mexico.
It may be necessary to create a civil war to take over as was done in
America in the 1800's. Divide and conquered.
grasshopper
wrote:
Abe, aren't you dead?
Notan
> The Jewish population in the US is flat lining. As the Mexican, Black
> and others are exponentially exploding, the White and Jewish
> populations are being eclipsed.
<snip>
Despite what your ignorant mind tells you, "White" (or, to those with
an education, "Caucasian") is a race, "Jewish" is a religion.
Most Jews in the US are Caucasian.
--
Notan
Notan
Only his mind.
--
Notan