Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Ray Owens in "The Last Stand."
Photo credit: Merrick Morton, Merrick Morton
Can people's movie choices reflect the political mindset of some Americans? Noah Gittel seems to think so. According to his recent column in The Atlantic, the Rogue Cop action films that were popular in the 1980s have fallen from vogue. Gittel suggests that this change in movie preference may actually show a political shift in mindset from Reagan's policies in the '80s to those of today.
However, it seems odd that Gittel would not mention that these changes in movie consumption may actually be a reaction to the connection between on-screen violence and horrific shootings like Aurora and Sandy Hook. Many recent Deseret News articles show the link between violent entertainment and violent behavior:
Matthew Sanders: America needs to curb its appetite for violent media
Network executives evade questions about violent TV, social ills
Matthew Sanders: Reframing the debate on Hollywood's violent profits
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Arnold Schwarzenegger voted against gay marriage while he was Governor of California.
Then, told his wife Maria Shriver that he had a 10 year old son with another woman.
My dollars will support those politics that I support.
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That at least half of the actors are only in it for the money and are pretending to love guns?