It’s Almost Big Hollywood Time

January 6th, 2009 By: Michael van der Galien | Tags:
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As announced yesterday, I will contribute to Andrew Breitbart’s new venture Big Hollywood. Breitbart, who co-founded the Huffington Post and worked for the Drudge Report, planned this new blog for some time now; he lives in California and believes that Hollywood has become too liberal, intolerant towards conservatives (and moderates for that matter) and that it has sometimes hurt rather than improved America’s image abroad. Lastly, Breitbart believes that Hollywood has more domestic impact and influence than many conservatives believe; whether we like it or not Hollywood shapes public opinion.

Today, he used his regular column at the Washington Times (which he writes about Hollywood) to announce Big Hollywood. It is an interesting read; I encourage all of you who wonder what it is I will be writing occasionally for, exactly is. 

He explains:

Big Hollywood is not a “celebrity” gabfest or a gossip outpost – it is a continuous politics and culture posting board for those who think something has gone drastically wrong and that Hollywood should return to its patriotic roots.

Big Hollywood’s modest objective: to change the entertainment industry. To make Hollywood something we can believe in – again. In order to give millions of Americans hope.

Until conservatives, libertarians and Republicans – who will be the lion’s share of Big Hollywood’s contributors – recognize that (pop) culture is the big prize and that politics is secondary, there will be no victory in this important battle.

Hollywood is no longer an American industry. And it took a prolonged war in which the studios and most of the stars didn’t show up to fight for America to draw attention to this hard truth.

American corporations, the FBI, the CIA and elected U.S. officials are the bad guys in flicks these days. Radical Islamists are seldom vilified while the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are smeared too often…

The anti-hero rules this celluloid world. Nihilism is packaged as edginess. And there’s zero sense that anyone’s watching out for quality control. Even the respected awards are often given to the most outlandish and gratuitously deplorable.

Big Hollywood will kick off Tuesday, January 6. Be ready.

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  1. Alexandra
    January 6th, 2009 at 14:52
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    Congratulations Michael!

    Now that’s a worthy challenge.

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