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August 09, 2007
Hollywood Appeasement, Hollywood anti-Semitism
Gee willikers, what a shock. Hollywood has caved in to a Muslim pressure group.
This is how it works.
A script is leaked, usually by some spineless liberal in the lower eschelons of the Hollywood food chain. A Muslim jihadist front-group sends their thugs-in-suits to Hollywood. The strong-arms get all uppity and self-righteous and use phrases like "multi-cultural," and "we're all the same", and pepper the friendly conversation with the always effective "Islamaphobia." Hollywood liberals cower at the very thought.
But the Hollywood players in the room know what's really going on. They all remember Theo Van Gogh. Everyone is aware of the Muslim cartoon riots. They have all seen France burning at the hands of, ahem, French youth. And the Weinstein brothers have had a nice long conversation with their insurance carrier; they are all too aware of how easy it is to sabotage a film set. The director wants to direct his picture; he's not anxious to return to development hell. And of course, everyone wants the massive payday that comes on principal day of photography.
So: the revisions to the script are hastily made, secretly shipped to the Muslim pressure group for their seal of approval — you won't cut off our heads, right? All concerned blather on about how much better is the script. And like all limousine liberals, convince themselves that they have made the world a better place. Cue: Kumbaya.
Uh-huh.
But: to maintain the edge in the script the writer, director, and producers save all the material that degrades either Jews or Christians. After all, Jews and Christians don't go around slitting throats, rioting in the streets, setting hundreds of vehicles on fire.
Hence Hollywood feels free to slander Judaism and Christianity.
Thus appeasement marches on.
And Hollywood produces, no doubt, another bomb.
Let's hear from the mighty Debbie Schlussel.
To update an old Mark Twain (and Benjamin Disraeli) quote, there are lies, damned lies, and Hollywood scripts.
Sometimes the lies are not what is in the script, but what is removed under pressure from whining, politically correct interest groups. These days, those groups are primarily Muslim and Middle Eastern.
Honor Killing Scene Deleted From "ICE, The Movie" a/k/a "Crossing Over" Muslim groups have successfully gotten scenes—accurately depicting them as terrorists and murderers—removed from scripts or changed to another, more acceptable nationality. Brilliant blogger Sultan Knish drew my attention to the latest such cave-in: "Crossing Over," starring Harrison Ford and Sean Penn and produced by the Weinstein Brothers. I've been writing extensively about this movie and have a copy of the original script.
Muslim Iranians were upset that a scene portrays them committing an honor killing. Late last week, they succeeded in getting it removed from the film. No worries, though, about the anti-Semitic scenes in the movie. Those remain. The Weinsteins and Writer/Director Wayne Kramer are Jewish, and we can't expect them to cave on those the way they did for the "more worthy" Muslims. It's politically correct to attack Jews, not so—these days in Hollywood—to attack those who attacked us before and on 9/11 and repeatedly try to again.
To read Debbie Schlussel's entire article, and the deleted scenes from the script, please click here.
Hat Tip: Seraphic Friend, Jeremayakova
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at August 9, 2007 09:25 AM
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An Iranian Muslim group has successfully pressured Hollywood producers to delete an honor killing scene from an upcoming movie. The Iranians didn't object to the idea of killing a defenseless woman, they just didn't think it was brutal enough.
Posted by: Jake at August 9, 2007 12:34 PM
Nah, that's not the problem. It's just that women appearing in movies, even as murder victims, dishonors their families.
Posted by: kishke at August 9, 2007 01:30 PM
Robert,
OK, no doubt that this is happening. But hasn’t Hollywood done similar sorts of things over the years? The other night, I saw a movie I’ve always liked, “The Train,” starring one of my favorite actors, Burt Lancaster. It portrays the French as being overwhelmingly anti-Nazi -- ready to put their lives on the line to defend their culture. This portrayal, of course, is not quite correct, though there certainly were heroic members of the French resistance. Obviously, the script would lose its focus and suffer if it brought in some of the complexities of French complicity with the Nazis. In addition, it would have a poor showing in France.
Along similar lines: I’m reminded of a film by Billy Wilder (I forget the details) in which the studio wanted Wilder to cut something in respect to the Nazis, in order to ensure the film was as profitable as can be. As I say, I forget the details, but Wilder went through the roof. He also lost that fight. Bottom, line: Hollywood has a long history of caving in.
Regarding honor killings, there was one in “Zorba the Greek.” I wonder how that film did in Greece?
Posted by: David at August 9, 2007 06:54 PM
David:
Yes, Hollywood stretches the truth. "The Train" inflates the deeds of the French Resistance, but there was a French Resistance. It did exist. What's happening now in Hollywood is unprecedented. Movies are being produced that are utter based on complete lies, where story-lines and antagonists have no relation to reality, and morality is twisted from top to bottom. So much so that the films serve the purposes of the jihadists. Imagine if Hollywood produced the films of Leni Riefenstahl. That's what's happening now.
BTW, I had a long talk with director John Frankenheimer about "The Train." A film I also admire. He shot the bombardment sequences quite cleverly. Never used a POV from above, from the plane dropping the bombs. All shots are from the ground, from the POV of the people being bombed. He was very proud of this innovation. He was also very proud of the spare use of the score in the film. The studio pushed him to use more music, but he was determined to use as little music as possible. John was a great guy, incredibly talented director. I'm sorry I never had the opportunity to work with him.
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at August 10, 2007 04:03 PM
The thing that is also troubling regarding the deleted scene (which when read one can see where it would certainly tick off the Muslim community, no one likes their dirty laundry aired - especially when it is so utterly filthy) is what has happened in our culture to arrive at this point?
Too many people are still asleep and too many people don't seem to grasp the bigger picture and more importantly, what's at stake. Obviously, the entity that is Hollywood is a potent combo of both - even moreso because Harrison Ford sells movies and the gutless wonders that are the Weinsteins will compromise anything to earn a bigger profit.
There is guilt all around.
Posted by: Dana at August 11, 2007 10:43 AM