Hollywood´s Big Party

To define who is Hollywood, it might be useful to start with, who it´s not.

Obviously Hollywood is not only one person, nor is it a homogenous group of people. Hollywood more likely works like a brand name. And different people, diverse in positions and opinions, are working for this brand. When we talk about Hollywood, of course, we think of the people who produce and sell mass media and those, being part of the big Hollywood wheel, like directors, actors and actresses, who are standing in the center of America´s attention. As we talk about the political perspective, all these participants inhibit a specific political point of view or at least a political tendency, that becomes evident in their expressions, ways of life and works. The question evolving is, if this political wheel is moving to the left or to the right. Is Hollywood a Republican or a Liberal? As I already mentioned Hollywood can never be a homogenous political group, but assuming the function as brand name, their has to be a certain (official) direction. And there is. Thus, the widespread answer to the question of political tendency is surprisingly clear: Hollywood nowadays promotes liberal, democratic approaches.

Andrew Breitbart, who is considered `one of the ten most important people of the media, who nobody has ever met` is a leading conservative and therefore the exception in the shark tank. In an interview with Peter Robinson from the Hoover Institution he states that 99,9 % of Hollywood is left from the center. He talks about a democrat-media-complex. Of mainstream movies that all affirm the left value system. Breitbart himself helped Ariana Huffington to develop her very successful liberal Blog „The Huffington Post“, but of course doesn´t agree with its political intention. When the Huffington Post launched, he launched his very own blog „Big Hollywood“ and than several more, in order to change the political environment in Hollywood. He claims that the conservatives have to gain more creative power to get the chance to affirm their point-of-view in movies. Categorizing Breitbart a media expert, his critics towards hollywood might be realistic: Hollywood is a Liberal!