The upcoming movie "Astro Boy" is aimed for children. Could it really have a Marxist theme?
Astro Boy is a boy robot who leaves his scientist father when he realizes he is a robot. He embarks on a socialist adventure to help other kids start a revolution for a classless society and equality, while over-throwing the ruling government. There's even posters of Lenin and Trotsky on the walls in certain rooms in the film. This film is not even trying to hide it's communist views.
Is it just me or is that completely inappropriate? I am all for every form of free speech. I am for the many freedoms given to Americans. I am NOT for any type of child indoctrination (Example: Public Schools). I am all for making movies for adults that explore other cultures, political systems, or general knowledge other than our every day surroundings but this is propaganda set for children, children that have no idea how our system works (public schools fail) let alone deciding communism is "cool" or "alternative? This is not the first time Hollywood has placed propaganda in their animated features and Disney is infamous for it, but
Disney never had the propaganda spelled out for you.
This country has spent billions of dollars along with wars fighting communism and making sure it could never penetrate our sovereign nation. Why is China our main trading partner? Why is Hollywood so easily penetrated by communist ideals? Is being a communist 100% Un-American?
Of course, yes, it is Hollywood. We know most Hollywood actors and directors blatantly force their Marxist views upon us which is a freedom they are given. Let's leave our children out of it. How could Nicolas Cage go from American Treasure to Astro Boy? Out to make a buck I assume.
Let's leave propaganda out of our "art". It's never had a place there and it never should.
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Does propaganda have a place in art? Probably not, but it works. The lack of education/common sense and the use of feel good buzzwords seems to always work. It's the peoples fault this exists. If people were intelligent enough to see past the BS, then propaganda would fail and cease to exist, but it hasn't and probably never will. In the mean time, art will always be exploited by propaganda.
ReplyDeleteWell, I do think there is a time and place for propaganda, but not in art. Think of WW2 for example. Propaganda was HUGE in every aspect. Propaganda was also necessary on both sides to rally the troops and the average person for each sides cause... It sparked passion in the average person in a beautiful way. BUT also during WW2 there was tons of propaganda in Movies (including tons of movies made JUST for propaganda and even Snow White). My point is, there's a time and there's a place. Movies for children and art are not a place for it.
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