Emil's got a point

Submitted by Geraldine Shapiro (United States), Nov 21, 2002 at 09:18

"Why do most terrorist movies being made recenly depict Russians as the terrorists? Communism is gone and those days are out, yet it seems to be P.C. to make movies of that nature." - Emil's comment

Emil is correct. The current "24" TV series vaguely hints at an Arabist involvement in a nuke threat to LA (with decoy help from domestic anti-gov right wing types). Apart from that, films focus nearly exclusively on Eastern European or Caucasus types as their bogeymen. P.C. Hollywood is incredibly behind the curve of reality. Or could it be that the major studios are too dependent on Saudi financial backing, making certain non P.C. projects "non-starters?"

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