Hollywood
Michael Medved provided many convincing arguments in supporting the thesis in his essay, "Hollywood Poison Factory". He argues that "popular culture is viewed now as an implacable enemy, a threat to their basic values and a menace to the raising of their children" (212). He refers "their" (212) to the majority of the American public who disapprove of how Hollywood distributes films which contain bad messages. Medved mainly supports his arguments by providing different movies to illustrate his views and does a very good job of that. He does not criticize the actors, directors, and does not name specific people. Instead, the author focuses his opinions on movies that include negative messages which concern dysfunctional marriages and religion bashing. These are the two main arguments, that Medved provides, to support his thesis. Medved makes some strong arguments in regards to how different religions are n
For instance, in Mortal Thoughts, "Bruce Willis beats up his wife and he is killed by his wife's best friend" (214). He explains that with the recent pessimistic portrayals of different religious groups in Hollywood. The remake was about an ex-con played by Robert De Niro, whom after serving 14 years of prison, comes out looking for revenge on his lawyer (played by Nick Nolte). In his well explained argument, the author explains how Hollywood depicts marriage "as a disaster , as a 3dangerous situation, as a battleground. Not everybody has to agree with Medved's thesis, but they have to admit that there is some truth in it. The arguments, Medved provides, shows that he really cares about the movie industry. The author provided some good facts of how Hollywood must reconsider on some of the negative messages they send. Michael does a good job of providing many examples, however, he does not point out the main message that the director is trying to show us. What would happened if the film business had correspondingly targeted gays and lesbians also? Medved states that "Homosexual groups would have howled in protest" (213). The Catholics were also targeted in a movie called "The Pope Must Diet", in what Medved described as "scenes of the Holy Father flirting with harlot nuns and hiding in a closet pigging out on communion workers" (213). This will be a much safer route, for Hollywood to connect with its audience and this is what 2Medved is trying to explain to us in his arguments. For example, Medved criticizes a film directed by Martin Scorsese, called The Last Temptation of Christ. Therefore, movies should be more appealing to people, if they do not contain any anti-religious undertones.
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