[dennisw]

Sigaba wrote

While I very strongly disagree with Mr. Damon's politics, I don't know how a guy whose work in one of America's most economically and politically conservative industries has grossed $1,952,355,251 in domestic ticket sales alone qualifies as a socialist.*

I guess I don't see how the gross receipts of Matt Damon's pictures has anything to do with whether or not he is a socialist? Are you saying if Damon was a socialist, they would not charge for the movies? I'm missing something here.

Also, just because the movie industry is tough on labor doesn't make them a conservative industry although, it may provide evidence that they are indeed economical. I believe the gist of the original thread was that there are some liberal pictures coming down the pipeline. I do not see how the labor relations of the industry or the gross receipts of matt damon's films has anthing to do with topic at hand.

I am suggesting that you are using the term "socialist" imprecisely and carelessly. I am also suggesting that what you see as an "anti-free enterprise slant" is in a different league altogether than the radical left movies that the film industry chased from the field in the early decades of the last century.**

Unless I am again missing something, JW74 stated the topic of the thread as"Socialism is getting a hard push in theaters." You were the first one to use the term socialist.

I am also suggesting that what you see as an "anti-free enterprise slant" is in a different league altogether than the radical left movies that the film industry chased from the field in the early decades of the last century.**

How would characterize Michael Moore's films? Mildly anti-free enterprise or radical left movies? Are you suggesting that Hollywood currently provides a political balance in their products? Are you suggesting that most actors, actresses, directors do not have to be liberal to secure work in today's Hollywood? If Hollywood is a conservative industry, God help us all.