Jonna E M Roos <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hollywood portrays the "reality" as it wants and as the executives and >producers in major studios want (and the transnational companies which >own the film studios.) I wouldn't mind if there would be >hundrends of other "realities" and "truths" made. Actually there are, >but the films are never shown for big audiences. For example in Finland >about 80-90% of films shown in theaters are from mainstream Hollywood. >And I think this is the case in most of the countries in the world. <snip> Hey, wait a minute. Hollywood does, in my opinion *not* portray the "realit= y" as=20 it wants. "It" portays reality the way "it" believe the audience wants it=20 portrayed. The film business and especially the Hollywood business is still= to a=20 large exent a commersial market. That US films dominate in most of the know= =20 world does not just say a lot about the importance of shitloads of money to= get=20 a film widespread, it also definitely says a lot about the taste, ideologic= al=20 and moral values etc. of the "average" moviegoer. (The same argument can be= used=20 on film and TV violence; to decrease the amount of violence you simply have= to=20 decrease the public demand for it).=20 Of course, this it not to say that all's well since the general public deci= de in=20 a democratic manner. It just think it is unfair to blame Hollywood (or the = TV=20 industry) for the fact that there's a lot of... people with opinions I stro= ngly=20 disagree with out there. Let's face it, most films and TV shows produced ha= ve=20 more in common with breakfast cereals (theres nothing much original or arti= stic=20 or especially tasty about them, but you can sell them) than with the classi= cs. Ulf=20 Ulf Dalquist Phone: 46-46-2224266 Department of Sociology Fax: 46-46-104794 Lund University SWEDEN E-mail: [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]