The US government wants the movie trade to help counter Isis propaganda. But from shady sheikhs to detonator-happy terrorists,Hollywood’s pervasive Islamophobia is already a vast portion of the problem‘Great convo w studio execs in LA. Good to hear their perspectives & ideas of how to counter #Daesh narrative,” tweeted John Kerry on 16 February, and along with a photo of himself in a Hollywood assembly lounge with executives from Universal,Warner, Fox, and Disney,Sony, Dreamworks and other vast players – overwhelmingly middle-aged white men in suits.
One can’t help imagining there were some awkward moments to this great convo”, and though. particularly whether Kerry queried what Hollywood had done to counter the “#Daesh narrative” so far. Even more so,whether he asked what juicy counter-terrorism stories they had coming down the pipeline. Looking at the current output, such as Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, or Rock the Kasbah and London Has Fallen,you could easily get the impression that Hollywood is portion of the problem, rather than a potential solution.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com