Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It turns out that it's easier to do politics in a movie. People really don't want it in their TV.
In politics, it's very theatrical. There's a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to believe in, and candidates are playing the role, like actors, by a creative personae that people will be attracted to.
Politics has become entertainment.
We shouldn't require our politicians to be movie stars. Then again, we're all influenced by charisma. It's hard not to be. We all collectively fall for it.
Hollywood has always been political. They consider it their right and duty to tell us what is politically good and right.
The movies were custard compared to politics.
The definition of political cinema is one I don't agree with, because every film, every show, is typically political in nature. Political cinema is simply the brainchild of bad journalists.
Hollywood is in control of politics and has imported their action-filled movie scripts into the real world.
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.
I don't know the politics of Hollywood. Am I hungry for great material? Every actor is. How I can get to it, that's another story.
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