<story><title>Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies into effective propaganda</title><url>https://worldbeyondwar.org/the-pentagon-and-cia-have-shaped-thousands-of-hollywood-movies-into-super-effective-propaganda/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>heavyset_go</author><text>Once this was pointed out, I can&amp;#x27;t unsee it. It&amp;#x27;s kind of ruined movies that involves the military or military equipment for me, since it can be really obvious when creators toe the line for the military. When I see military equipment my gut reaction is to anticipate the other shoe dropping, and to look for shoehorned hero worship or some good-versus-evil plot point.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cm2187</author><text>I think Hollywood is lot less subtle now at trying to push political propaganda than it was ever then, except that wokeism is the theme of the day. In some instances it has completely taken over the plot, like in the last season of Fargo, to the point of becoming some sort of unwatcheable catechism.</text></comment>
<story><title>Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies into effective propaganda</title><url>https://worldbeyondwar.org/the-pentagon-and-cia-have-shaped-thousands-of-hollywood-movies-into-super-effective-propaganda/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>heavyset_go</author><text>Once this was pointed out, I can&amp;#x27;t unsee it. It&amp;#x27;s kind of ruined movies that involves the military or military equipment for me, since it can be really obvious when creators toe the line for the military. When I see military equipment my gut reaction is to anticipate the other shoe dropping, and to look for shoehorned hero worship or some good-versus-evil plot point.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MaxHoppersGhost</author><text>Americans love that stuff though, it’s not necessarily propaganda forced down our throats. We’d still want to see the badass, all American commando on a 100 kill streak.</text></comment>