Hollywood's Poison Factory Michael Medved In1992
Hollywood’s Poison Factory Michael Medved In 1992
Michael Medved is known to millions of Americans as the co-host of the weekly PBS television program, "Sneak Pre-views."He is the author of seven nonfiction books,including the best-sellers:What Really Happened to the Class of '65?(with David Wallechinsky,Random House,1976),which became the basis for a weekly series on NBC,The Golden Turkey Awards (with Harry Medved,Putnam Perigee Books,1980),and Hospital:The Hidden Lives of a Medical(enter Staff(Simon and Schuster, 1983).Mr.Medved has been a frequent guest on "The To night Show,""Oprah Winfrey,""David Letterman, "ABC Nightline,"Today,""Good Morning America, and other programs.He is active in a wide variety of Jewish causes and is president of the Pacific Jewish Center in Venice,California.He is also a Hillsdale Michael Medved College Life Associate.This lecture is based on his latest book,Hollywood vs.America which was published by HarperCollins and Zondervan in October 1992
Michael Medved Michael Medved is known to millions of Americans as the co-host of the weekly PBS television program, "Sneak Pre-views." He is the author of seven nonfiction books, including the best-sellers: What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (with David Wallechinsky, Random House, 1976), which became the basis for a weekly series on NBC, The Golden Turkey Awards (with Harry Medved, Putnam Perigee Books, 1980), and Hospital: The Hidden Lives of a Medical (enter Staff (Simon and Schuster, 1983). Mr. Medved has been a frequent guest on "The To night Show, " "Oprah Winfrey, " "David Letterman, " "ABC Nightline, " "Today, " "Good Morning America, " and other programs. He is active in a wide variety of Jewish causes and is president of the Pacific Jewish Center in Venice, California. He is also a Hillsdale College Life Associate. This lecture is based on his latest book, Hollywood vs. America which was published by HarperCollins and Zondervan in October 1992
Preview:One of Hillsdale's most popular speakers ever,PBS film critic Michael Medved addressed an audience of over 400 students,faculty and outside guests on campus at the Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar,"Culture Wars."In this edited version of his remarks,he notes that in recent decades Hollywood has lost touch with its own audience,and that it has openly attacked the family, religion,traditional values,and genuine heroes.Medved argues persuasively that, goaded by disastrous box office receipts, the industry can be changed,but that we Michael Medved must all get actively involved
Preview: One of Hillsdale's most popular speakers ever, PBS film critic Michael Medved addressed an audience of over 400 students, faculty and outside guests on campus at the Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar, "Culture Wars." In this edited version of his remarks, he notes that in recent decades Hollywood has lost touch with its own audience, and that it has openly attacked the family, religion, traditional values, and genuine heroes. Medved argues persuasively that, goaded by disastrous box office receipts, the industry can be changed, but that we Michael Medved must all get actively involved
Structure Can the passage be further divided?
Structure Can the passage be further divided?
Discussion: Why does Hollywood persist in making films that so constantly revel in the dark side,in the gloom and despair,destruction and horror?
Discussion: Why does Hollywood persist in making films that so constantly revel in the dark side, in the gloom and despair, destruction and horror?
I repeat:The fundamental problem with Hollywood has nothing at all to do with the brilliance of the performers,or the camera work,or the editing.In many ways,these things are better than ever before.Modern films are technically brilliant,but they are morally and spiritually empty
I repeat: The fundamental problem with Hollywood has nothing at all to do with the brilliance of the performers, or the camera work, or the editing. In many ways, these things are better than ever before. Modern films are technically brilliant, but they are morally and spiritually empty
"What Hollywood insiders refuse to recognize is that the crisis of popular culture is at its very core a crisis of values.The problem isn't that the camera is out of focus,or that the editing is sloppy,or that the acting is bad. The problem is with the kind of stories Hollywood is telling and the kind of messages that it is sending in film after film.The industry is bursting with professionalism and prowess.But it suffers from a sickness of the soul
“What Hollywood insiders refuse to recognize is that the crisis of popular culture is at its very core a crisis of values. The problem isn't that the camera is out of focus, or that the editing is sloppy, or that the acting is bad. The problem is with the kind of stories Hollywood is telling and the kind of messages that it is sending in film after film. The industry is bursting with professionalism and prowess. But it suffers from a sickness of the soul
Paragraph 7-19 The Messages Paragraph 7-13 Religion Hollywood boasts its religion-bashing movies, and even removes religious elements. Paragraph 14-19 Marriage Hollywood movies conveys marriage is outmoded,dangerous and unhealthy
Paragraph 7-19 The Messages Paragraph 7-13 Religion Paragraph 14-19 Marriage Hollywood boasts its religion-bashing movies, and even removes religious elements. Hollywood movies conveys marriage is outmoded, dangerous and unhealthy
Paragraph 20-22 What do we do? How can Hollywood be the dream factory again? Why did Hollywood change its outlook?
Paragraph 20-22 What do we do? Why did Hollywood change its outlook? How can Hollywood be the dream factory again?
Background For movie attendance,1991 was the worst year in fifteen years. The summer season was the worst in twenty-three years.Forty percent of Americans report that they don't see a single film in the course of a year-a higher percentage than ever before.What Hollywood publicizes,of course,is total box office gross receipts, which look respectable,but which are misleading.Why?Because the ticket prices have been raised so much!If you actually count the number of warm bodies sitting in theater seats,movie attendance has disastrously declined. Major studios like MGM and Orion are teetering on the verge of collapse.Carolco,which produced Terminator I/,the year's biggest hit,has since scaled back all operations and fired one- third of its employees.This is clearly an industry in trouble
Background For movie attendance, 1991 was the worst year in fifteen years. The summer season was the worst in twenty-three years. Forty percent of Americans report that they don't see a single film in the course of a year—a higher percentage than ever before. What Hollywood publicizes, of course, is total box office gross receipts, which look respectable, but which are misleading. Why? Because the ticket prices have been raised so much! If you actually count the number of warm bodies sitting in theater seats, movie attendance has disastrously declined. Major studios like MGM and Orion are teetering on the verge of collapse. Carolco, which produced Terminator II, the year's biggest hit, has since scaled back all operations and fired onethird of its employees. This is clearly an industry in trouble
