Right. So as their vector, these Evil Leftists pick... a children's movie that has always had cardboard politics.
Oh, there's no "picking." The vast majority of entertainment has some leftist themes. And the vast majority of entertainment producers are leftists. It is a sure bet that the writer(s) director(s), producers(s) and actors in this movie are overwhelmingly leftist Democrats. Nothing against them. Just a fact.
Progressives, not leftists, are the ones destroying civilization, by the way.
See, now this is an interesting statement. I am curious: how do you distinguish between progressives and leftists?
Nevertheless, most of the controversy around the new movie seems to revolve around the fact that there is a *gasp* black character, which is an absurd reason to cry "communist influence!"
OK, well I know nothing about the movie (I watched the trailer, just for you). I have heard nothing about any controversy about it. But, in my ignorance, on the face of it it seems pretty unlikely that a new Star Wars movie would be targeted by conservative forces and labeled communist for committing the crime of having a black character. Most movies and TV shows have a black character -- they assiduously and self-consciously make sure to do so, in fact. The original Star Wars series had a main character who was black -- Lando Calrissian -- and I know of no communist accusations against it, not at the time or now, and certainly not for the cause of having a black character.
So my guess is that either: a) there is no such general cry of communism, you are exaggerating, or b) there is something more to this "controversy" than you have shared, such as: the movie promotes communism. Again, that's just a guess, out of complete ignorance.
How about we wait until the movie actually comes out, you know, so then we get the whole plotline instead of drinking the Haterade right away? But no, better to have a hissy fit over "Hollyweird" (which actually promotes conservatism; just look at the films that win Oscars year after year).
Actually, I think you are right, at least partially. Successful movies, like successful stories in general, are built on archetypes. And in that sense they are conservative. There was an era when Hollywood made more left/modern movies: the 60s and 70s. All kinds of experimental weirdness and films with nary an archetype to be seen. But then things pulled back and now we're back to stories with heroes and villains and all that lame conservative predictability.
But they are still made by leftists -- the leftists just figured out how to make movies with traditional plots and characters and formulas. And they still inject many leftist and left-leaning messages and "morals to the story." Obviously. You know that, and everyone knows that. There's nothing very "conservative" about celebrating homosexuality or promoting promiscuity in general or denigrating businessmen and capitalism or promoting martial, masculine warrior women as not only normal and acceptable but an ideal, or any of another hundred leftist cultural messages pushed by the leftists in the media.
Rare indeed is the movie promoting actual conservative values through and through.
