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역겨운 드라마 가운데 ‘두 남자와 2분의 1’이란 것이 있다. 앵거스 존스는 이 드라마에서 2분의 1 역을 맡고 있는데 얼마 전 이 드라마가 ‘저질’이라고 비판하여 많은 미국인들의 주목을 받았다. 그는 “진심으로 하나님을 두려워하는 사람이라면 이런 TV 드라마에 출연할 수 없다. 나도 그렇다”고 말했다.
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| 댄 게이너 美 미디어연구소 부총재 |
드라마의 저질 수준을 엿볼 수 있는 일화 한 가지를 소개한다. 과거 스타였던 찰리 신은 마리화나를 피우고 환각상태에 빠진다. 그는 동침했던 수많은 여자들을 몽롱한 정신으로 회상한다. 한 여자는 찰리 신과 섹스를 했던 장소를 이렇게 밝힌다. “그는 작은 교회 안의 신도 좌석에서 나와 그 짓을 했다.”
존스는 아주 어릴 때 성적인 유머가 난무하는 드라마 속에서 정직한 2분의 1을 연기하기 시작했다. 그러나 나이가 들자 그의 극중 인물도 함께 즐기는 분위기 속에 빠져 든다. 그가 맡은 극중 인물은 3인이 함께 하는 성행위를 고등학교 시절에 경험한다.
이 저질 드라마는 원인이 아니라 증상이다. TV 드라마 초창기에는 남녀가 각기 딴 침대를 쓰는 비현실적인 설정을 했다. 성행위는 암시만 했을 뿐이다. 오늘날 할리우드 덕분에 섹스는 시트콤부터 드라마 및 TV의 모든 프로의 단골메뉴가 되었고 가정과 전통적 가치관에 심하게 반대하는 내용일수록 찬양을 받는다.
TV와 영화는 이제 현실을 반영하지 않고 좌익의 환상 세계를 묘사한다. 그들의 환상의 세계에서는 수백 명을 상대로 성행위를 해도 아무 책임을 지지 않고 기업인들과 종교인들은 악인 아니면 동성애자 혹은 무슬림으로 묘사된다. 할리우드에서는 모든 사람이 정치적 공정성 실현에 필사적이어서 백인이 아닌 악당을 참아내지 못하기 때문에 유색인종이 악한으로 등장하는 경우는 거의 없다.
믿기 어려운 폭력, 미성년자 섹스, 반미적인 태도가 할리우드에서 만연하고 있을 뿐만 아니라 할리우드의 세계관을 이루는 기초가 된다. 정신 나간 좌익분자들이 연예오락 산업의 모든 기업을 장악하고 있기 때문에 미국 문화의 최소공통분모 같은 존재들이 미국 문화 전반을 지배하도록 일반 서민들은 방치하고 있다.
또한 주요 언론매체들은 미국의 위대하고 선한 모든 가치관의 적이 된 지 오래다. 이런 지적에 의아심을 갖는 사람은 디즈니랜드를 생각해 보라. 디즈니랜드의 스타들이 선의 상징으로 간주되었던 시절이 있었다. 지금 디즈니 스타들은 걸어 다니는 외설 주간지나 다름없다.
할리우드의 감독들은 인기 높은 어린 여배우들을 성적인 배역에 출연시키는 것을 특히 즐거워하는 듯이 보인다. 영화 ‘트와잇라잇’의 여배우 크리스텐 스튜어트가 최근의 예다. 허핑턴포스트는 곧 개봉되는 영화 ‘온더로드’에 출연하는 이 여배우가 변태 성행위를 연기한다고 지적했다.
섹스만 문제되는 것이 아니다. 폭력이 극대화되어 머리를 자르거나 유혈이 낭자한 장면이 스크린에 다반사로 나타난다. ‘소’와 ‘호스텔’ 같은 고문이 난무하는 포르노 또한 미국 청년들의 이미지를 왜곡시킨다.
이런 변태적인 문화가 판을 치는 가운데, 연예산업의 잘못된 점을 지적하는 사람이 존스밖에 없다는 것은 서글픈 일이다.
댄 게이너 美 미디어연구소 부총재
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'Two and a Half Men' only part of Hollywood filth
By Dan Gainor
If you are a Hollywood star, you can do drugs, get arrested, cheat on your spouse or say foul things about women, and Hollywood opens its heart to you. Even child rapist Roman Polanski got a standing ovation during the Oscars. Dare to call out the disgusting CBS show "Two and a Half Men," though, and your days in Tinseltown are numbered.
The entertainment industry can take just about anything except honesty.
By now, much of America has heard that Angus T. Jones, who plays the "half" man in "Two and a Half Men," recently criticized the show for being "filth." He blasted the show seven ways to Sunday, adding, "You cannot be a true God-fearing person and be on a television show like that. I know I can't." In a few short days, he went from "can't" to a mild recant, apologizing and saying he was sorry if he had hurt any of the "wonderful people" on the show. He didn't say the show was any less filthy, however, because there is no way he could have.
"Two and a Half Men" is one of the most offensive shows in the history of broadcast television. It is a 10-season-long juvenile sex joke filled with every kind of sexual misbehavior and innuendo imaginable. Prostitution, lesbianism, sex in every location imaginable, illegal drug use and mocking of religious faith fill the screen and millions of American homes each week.
To give a sense of the show's vulgarity: In one episode, the former star Charlie Sheen smokes pot and then hallucinates about many of the women with whom he has had sex. Some of the women regale the audience with where they had sex, including one who complains: "He did me in a little church in Van Nuys, right in the pew."
Mr. Jones' character started on this show when he was very young, playing the straight half man to the orgy of sexual humor. As he grew older, though, his character joined in the fun. In one episode, his character partakes in a threesome while still in high school. Two of the other characters actually are proud of him.
Thousands of words could be written on what an awful show "Two and a Half Men" is, but it is a symptom, not a cause. In the early days of TV, men and women unrealistically slept in separate beds. Sex, at most, was implied. Today, thanks to Hollywood, sex is included in everything that happens on TV, from sitcoms to dramas to award shows. The worst anti-family, anti-traditional-values stuff is celebrated the most, whether it's on "Glee" or Showtime's "Californication."
TV and movies no longer represent reality, but a left-wing fantasy world. In that La La Land, having hundreds of sex partners has almost no consequences, and businessmen and religious people are all evil - unless they are homosexual or Muslim. Villains are seldom people of color because everyone is so desperately politically correct that they can't tolerate bad guys who are not white.
Incredible violence, underage sex and anti-American attitudes don't just flourish in Hollywood, they are an essential foundation for Hollywood's worldview. Ordinary Americans have allowed the lowest common denominators of our culture to define us simply because the loony left controls almost all entertainment outlets - even sports shows, as Bob Costas showed with his recent anti-gun rant.
The major media have become the enemies of all that is great and good in America.
Do you doubt that? Then take a look at Disney. There was a time when Disney stars were thought of as symbols of goodness. Now they read like walking tabloids - Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan and Vanessa Hudgens all have scandalized us with their personal lives, careers or both. Miss Hudgens is soon to star in her breakout, edgy role in the comedy "Spring Breakers," in which she engages in a threesome with James Franco and Ashley Benson.
Hollywood directors seem to take particular delight in featuring popular young actresses in edgy (i.e., naked or sexual) roles. "Twilight" movie star Kristen Stewart is just one recent example. The much-criticized actress appears naked in the soon-to-be released movie "On the Road" and also engages in deviant sexual behavior, according to The Huffington Post, no bastion of morality itself. The HBO show "Game of Thrones" is so pornographic that both The Huffington Post and The Washington Post have criticized it.
It's not just sex. Violence has been maximized to the point where head-choppings and gore on screen are commonplace. Showtime's "Dexter" is all about a good-guy serial killer. Torture porn series like "Saw" and "Hostel" are just one more way we are warping our youth.
Given that parade of perversity, it's sad that only Mr. Jones has had the courage to speak out about how bad entertainment has become. Hollywood parents line their pockets from their children's fame, and are too greedy - or cowardly - to follow Mr. Jones' lead and take a stand.
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By Dan Gainor
If you are a Hollywood star, you can do drugs, get arrested, cheat on your spouse or say foul things about women, and Hollywood opens its heart to you. Even child rapist Roman Polanski got a standing ovation during the Oscars. Dare to call out the disgusting CBS show "Two and a Half Men," though, and your days in Tinseltown are numbered.
The entertainment industry can take just about anything except honesty.
By now, much of America has heard that Angus T. Jones, who plays the "half" man in "Two and a Half Men," recently criticized the show for being "filth." He blasted the show seven ways to Sunday, adding, "You cannot be a true God-fearing person and be on a television show like that. I know I can't." In a few short days, he went from "can't" to a mild recant, apologizing and saying he was sorry if he had hurt any of the "wonderful people" on the show. He didn't say the show was any less filthy, however, because there is no way he could have.
"Two and a Half Men" is one of the most offensive shows in the history of broadcast television. It is a 10-season-long juvenile sex joke filled with every kind of sexual misbehavior and innuendo imaginable. Prostitution, lesbianism, sex in every location imaginable, illegal drug use and mocking of religious faith fill the screen and millions of American homes each week.
To give a sense of the show's vulgarity: In one episode, the former star Charlie Sheen smokes pot and then hallucinates about many of the women with whom he has had sex. Some of the women regale the audience with where they had sex, including one who complains: "He did me in a little church in Van Nuys, right in the pew."
Mr. Jones' character started on this show when he was very young, playing the straight half man to the orgy of sexual humor. As he grew older, though, his character joined in the fun. In one episode, his character partakes in a threesome while still in high school. Two of the other characters actually are proud of him.
Thousands of words could be written on what an awful show "Two and a Half Men" is, but it is a symptom, not a cause. In the early days of TV, men and women unrealistically slept in separate beds. Sex, at most, was implied. Today, thanks to Hollywood, sex is included in everything that happens on TV, from sitcoms to dramas to award shows. The worst anti-family, anti-traditional-values stuff is celebrated the most, whether it's on "Glee" or Showtime's "Californication."
TV and movies no longer represent reality, but a left-wing fantasy world. In that La La Land, having hundreds of sex partners has almost no consequences, and businessmen and religious people are all evil - unless they are homosexual or Muslim. Villains are seldom people of color because everyone is so desperately politically correct that they can't tolerate bad guys who are not white.
Incredible violence, underage sex and anti-American attitudes don't just flourish in Hollywood, they are an essential foundation for Hollywood's worldview. Ordinary Americans have allowed the lowest common denominators of our culture to define us simply because the loony left controls almost all entertainment outlets - even sports shows, as Bob Costas showed with his recent anti-gun rant.
The major media have become the enemies of all that is great and good in America.
Do you doubt that? Then take a look at Disney. There was a time when Disney stars were thought of as symbols of goodness. Now they read like walking tabloids - Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan and Vanessa Hudgens all have scandalized us with their personal lives, careers or both. Miss Hudgens is soon to star in her breakout, edgy role in the comedy "Spring Breakers," in which she engages in a threesome with James Franco and Ashley Benson.
Hollywood directors seem to take particular delight in featuring popular young actresses in edgy (i.e., naked or sexual) roles. "Twilight" movie star Kristen Stewart is just one recent example. The much-criticized actress appears naked in the soon-to-be released movie "On the Road" and also engages in deviant sexual behavior, according to The Huffington Post, no bastion of morality itself. The HBO show "Game of Thrones" is so pornographic that both The Huffington Post and The Washington Post have criticized it.
It's not just sex. Violence has been maximized to the point where head-choppings and gore on screen are commonplace. Showtime's "Dexter" is all about a good-guy serial killer. Torture porn series like "Saw" and "Hostel" are just one more way we are warping our youth.
Given that parade of perversity, it's sad that only Mr. Jones has had the courage to speak out about how bad entertainment has become. Hollywood parents line their pockets from their children's fame, and are too greedy - or cowardly - to follow Mr. Jones' lead and take a stand.
offensive:모욕적인, 불쾌한, 역겨운 award show:시상식 La La land:로스앤젤레스 및 남부캘리포니아, 환상의 세계
