Hollywood vs. America
Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values

This book was recommended to me by a friend who let me borrow it. When I actually sat down to start reading it, I knew I was in trouble seeing the ringing endorsement of Rush Limbaugh emblazoned on the cover. Written in 1991, Michael Medved examines what he calls Hollywood's "assault" on traditional......more

Michael Medved, along with a dozen other critics, saw an advance screening of 1CThe Last Temptation of Christ 1D one summer afternoon in 1988, a couple of weeks before the film 19s release. While the nearly three-hour film was being shown, Medved says that several of his fellow critics snorted and c......more

“Hollywood Vs. America” was published in 1992. In this book Michael Medved blames the Hollywood of this era for using gratuitous sex and violence, and obscene words in order to ridicule Christianity and marriage. He also presents surveys that indicate that most Americans dislike gratuitous sex and v......more

The only factor preventing this book from getting a five-star rating is its age. At the same time, the perspective of reading this book almost a quarter-century after it was published confirms the true prescience of the author. To truly appreciate this book, the reader should be mindful that when it......more