(November 11, 2024 at 6:52 am)Belacqua Wrote:(November 11, 2024 at 4:20 am)TheWhiteMarten Wrote: I don't have evidence that the government of California is directly linked to Hollywood and that it influences it decision making; nor do I have evidence that other powers, such as national political parties and even international interests such as corporations and foreign governments, use the massive money they donate to "the media/Hollywood" (for lack of a more specific way of wording it) to influence politics.
It's well documented that the Pentagon works actively with Hollywood to portray the military and US policy in general in a positive light. A movie like Top Gun couldn't get made without active government support, and couldn't get that support without serving as a commercial for the military.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E...nt_complex
I don't know if this is directly related to what you're talking about here, but there's no doubt that a huge industry like Hollywood, which serves as "soft power" foreign policy, is heavily mixed up with the government.
There are many links and references in the Wikipedia article.
I'll have to watch "Top Gun" again as I didn't realize it was really a documentary.
Maybe I also missed the propaganda in "An Officer and a Gentleman". I thought it was how-to on marrying a military officer.
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