Film by Tom Breuer Hail to the myth by Tom Breuer Movies may not be our best cultural barometers. Movies are often far too dimwitted to give any real insight into our values or the prevailing mood of an era. On the other hand, the more sly offerings can say plenty.
Politicians are fond of taking shots at Hollywood for churning out socially pernicious crap.
Hollywood is just as fond of biting back. Since neither Washington nor Hollywood is flush with moral paragons, watching this unfold can be kind of fun. Some of the salvos from the Left Coast hit their target and sting, others fall flat. Still others are not direct attacks at all, but fantasies about the kind of president we'd like and might hope for, but almost certainly do not deserve. In less than three months, there will be a changing of the guard at the White House.