Is any TV show immune to the left's agenda?

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TMC said:
renounce the notion that you are the arbiter of who is Satanic and who is not.
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Never said I was the arbiter. Nor did I say that the people pushing homosexuality were “Satanic.” That would imply they are devil worshippers.
But those who push the normalization of homosexual intercourse are doing the devil’s work. Whether they understand that’s what they are doing or not is irrelevant.
 
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Some posters have expressed doubt that there is any “agenda” by the left.
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Anyone who denies there is an agenda to normalize homosexual intercourse, “transgender,” etc. is either deluded or on board with the agenda.
 
TMC said:
I don’t pretend to have a full grasp of God or His agenda
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God has an agenda–a plan–for human sexual relationships, for family, for human sexuality in general, and gender. It’s actually spelled out pretty clearly in Sacred Scripture and in Catholic Church teachings i.e. the Catechism.
 
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And lizard people too?

The math doesn’t work out for a conspiracy of that scale.
 
They probably misunderstand because of a lack of clarification and poor choices of words.
 
Read the following publications that cover Hollywood: Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline. It is easy to find references that apply here.
 
I’m not interested in that aspect. I’m not arguing for or against it.
 
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Society is extremely influenced by Hollywood, the television and movie industry.
 
I think that in the long run, the main agenda for the entertainment industry is to make lots and lots of money.

I think that if big money were to be made, the industry would drop what they’re doing now and do what the market is clamoring for (which at the moment seems to be super-hero movies–yawn).

As long as the demand for pro-LGBTQ, anti-religion, anti-patriotic, anti-traditional marriage, pro-“free love”, pro-hedonism etc. entertainment is there, the industry will produce it because it means big bucks.

IF…big if…entertainment that is in compliance with Christian teachings were in demand, productions that feature reverence for God, marriage between a man and a woman, chastity, continence, modesty, love, generosity, faith, etc., would be produced by the industry because it would mean big bucks for them.

I do believe, as I have said several times, that Christian entertainment professionals can be a tempering influence on the industry. I have no doubt that some of the “good stuff” that we continue to see in television, films, and stage, is there because some Christian writer or director or even actor (some actors have a lot of power) spoke up and made a suggestion in a way that made sense to the production team and didn’t tick off the non-Christians.

I can personally testify that my daughter has been able to, in a small way, influence several of the productions she has been involved with over the years. She certainly is a good witness to the people she works with because of her work ethic, her caring attitude, and her willingness to do whatever is necessary to make everyone able to do their best work. She also prays before every show, and the actors especially really love that!

I think we have to be careful not to demand totally white-washed entertainments and expect anyone in the industry to take us seriously. Just like we are “in the world but not of the world,” we have to expect that some of the characters in any production or entertainment will be sinful and do sinful things. We have to expect that even the “religious” person in the production will stumble and do sinful things. We have to expect conflicts in which good vs. evil–that’s just basic storytelling. We are not going to get Leave It To Beaver anymore, although thankfully if that’s what we want to watch, we can at least find it on some television network and fill our lives with it and other similar shows.

But let’s not kid ourselves. Even back in those “G-rated” days, the entertainment world was filled with scandals and big-time sinners, and some of our most beloved entertainers of the past have been revealed as real rotters. I remember thinking that Doris Day epitomized decency, but when she died a few months ago, I heard all the bad stuff for the first time–wow.
 
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I think that complaining about a mild and obviously in jest comment while simultaneously condemning large groups of people is a bit hypocritical. Obviously you are entitled to think that most of America is Satanic, if that is really what you think, but when you publicly call people evil and immoral some people are going to push back.
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When you make a comment in jest and it is taken as an insult, is the usual response to that to say that the person who took it as an insult is a hypocrite? The poster was using “tinfoil hat” to complain about people who throw around words like “evil” and “Satan,” after all. Maybe more than one point of view could stand to turn down the rhetoric a notch?
 
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TV is the friend of some people. For some, it is background noise. For others, they grew up with it and they think it’s somehow OK. Most of it isn’t.
 
Money comes first but the agenda is as important. People with lots of money can and do the wrong thing.

Totally clean entertainment is what I and other people I know want. I work in the media. The books my company produces are a lot closer to family friendly than the trash Hollywood produces.

Basic storytelling - which I totally understand - has to be clear about what is right and what is wrong. There is real evil out there. And sick, twisted individuals. They need help. Putting them on TV is sick. Blood and gore as entertainment? No. Never.
 
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Money comes first but the agenda is as important. People with lots of money can and do the wrong thing.

Totally clean entertainment is what I and other people I know want. I work in the media. The books my company produces are a lot closer to family friendly than the trash Hollywood produces.

Basic storytelling - which I totally understand - has to be clear about what is right and what is wrong. There is real evil out there. And sick, twisted individuals. They need help. Putting them on TV is sick. Blood and gore as entertainment? No. Never.
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I agree. Even when it is not glorifying violence, there is a the desensitizing effect when shows graphically depict twisted or outrageously violent behaviors.

It is actually a concern that even watching too many food shows can make someone into a diner (or cook) who is difficult to please, rather than someone who can be content with humble ingredients and the inevitable less-than-5-star culinary product. I love learning new things about cooking, but one has to be careful not to fall into what C.S. Lewis called “the gluttony of delicacy.”

Likewise, what does it teach people when shows show people looking for their first home and they recoil at Formica countertops as insufficiently fashionable to be tolerated? Teaching home sellers that their home won’t sell unless they upgrade everything to the most fashionable finishes makes a lot of money for those in the remodeling and real estate industries, but does it keep housing affordable? Does it help people who need to live within their means? I mean that even shows about acceptable topics can give people habits of thinking that are not spiritually profitable but instead commercially lucrative for the sponsors of the shows.

There was a time when commercials paid for the shows, but more and more the shows are the commercials!
 
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I don’t believe in talk only. Action means rejecting the vast majority of what’s out there.

I scan pop culture 5 days a week. Garbage and trash are getting a lot of promotion.
 
What drives everything on television is ratings. If people watch something it continues. If they do not, it does not.
I know of know left-wing agenda for programming.
Programs tend to mirror society. There are people of different ethnicities, cultures, and persuasions.
 
That is possible but rare. Hollywood is what society admires. Not the other way around. Nobody rolls out the red carpet for the common ever day man. Actors are paid disgusting amounts of money for what they do and are called “stars”. Tabloids chase after them for a story because they are what society wants to know about. The more popular they are the more moneyactors demand. While it is true there are exceptions, that is just it, exceptions to the rule. It has been this way since the start of the motion picture industry. There have been many attempts to stifle their immorality throughout time without success.
We do need to be grateful for those exceptions in the movie industry because they are definitely swimming against the tide.
 
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PetraG said:
Likewise, what does it teach people when shows show people looking for their first home and they recoil at Formica countertops as insufficiently fashionable to be tolerated?
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Yes, this.

One of those show had the wife disdainfully mocking a house that looked “like my grandmother’s”

I dunno. I loved my grandmothers. I loved their houses and the way they decorated. I miss them both terribly and can’t imagine mocking them on national television…

…but that’s just me
 
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